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Burnham: 'People in Britain can't afford a good life'

party. - [**LIVE: Makerfield by-election interview with Labour's Andy Burnham**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq6pv7e66m2t#player) Burnham is widely expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership - and become Prime Minister - if he can first

Four key excerpts from Streeting's resignation letter

roles. The debate this week has been about Streeting, his conduct and his campaign. Now Streeting wants it to be about Sir Keir, his leadership and where he is taking the Labour Party. A "broad

TUC leader ‘angry’ at state of Labour but says it can recover to win next election

Burnham, return to parliament by winning the Makerfield byelection, although he warned that any new prime minister would face the same significant challenges to prove Labour could deliver for working people. “Andy is clearly

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

party. “They don’t hate Labour, they hate Keir, as unfair as that is, and I do think it is massively unfair,” one said. There are nonetheless few expectations of a challenge soon after

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, to be allowed to stand for parliament, but said this should not involve Burnham then challenging Starmer. “We don’t do hospital takeovers in the Labour party

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

party into the next election. “When your personal brand is so poor, it is seldom retrievable,” one added. Labour faces losing more than 1,500 council seats across England, a struggle for second place

Greens split over how hard to challenge Burnham in Makerfield byelection

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) in the Makerfield byelection, with some worried about allowing Reform UK to win and others wanting the party to go all out. While characterised by insiders as “very civilised

Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid

Labour to find a candidate to oppose him, with Ed Miliband and Rayner both possible contenders, while Andy Burnham is unable to run from outside parliament. Rayner suggested she could enter any leadership contest, should

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party anointing a left-leaning PM whose fiscal views – and his views of the bond market – were well known. “Ultimately the bond market is likely to impose fiscal discipline

Keir Starmer aides ‘war gaming’ over leadership contest with Andy Burnham

Andy is tested, the more people see he’s not up to the job,” one said. Others cited his BBC Newsnight interview, arguing he was out of his depth. But Starmer presides over a divided

How would a Labour leadership contest work?

Andy Burnham can get back to Westminster. Streeting has been linked to Peter Mandelson, whose appointment as British ambassador to the US - despite his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - led to questions being

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham has strong support from Labour MPs and polls suggest he is the most popular Labour politician with voters. He can also point to a long track record of governing, having served as Greater

No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials

role. Sandro Gozi, Italy’s Europe minister from 2014-18, said “certainly we will start” with those standard terms, when asked about the euro and Schengen zone membership in any re-entry negotiations

Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle

Andy Burnham walks in London, UK, on March 31, 2026 [Justin Tallis/Reuters] ## Special election Despite the clamouring of support, Burnham’s path towards the 10 Downing Street would not be straightforward. Labour’s National Executive

Andy Burnham seeks advice from Sue Gray on forming future Labour government

Andy Burnham has sought advice from Baroness Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, on how to manage a potential transition into Downing Street if he returns to Westminster and succeeds the prime

Streeting says he is 'full of rebellious hope' as he delivers resignation speech

role as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) for health. He told MPs the Labour Party was "in the fight of its life" against Reform UK and against Nigel Farage's aim of "dismantling

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

Andy Burnham, [who is reportedly preparing a leadership run](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/andy-burnham-westminster-return-plan-within-weeks), said she knew the stakes were very high for the country. “If we get that wrong, then Nigel Farage is walking into Downing

Could Starmer bring back Rayner to steady ship – and would she get onboard?

role again in frontbench politics.” It is also the case that some of Rayner’s more pointed interventions, for example her critical speech last month, have expressed sentiments shared by many other Labour MPs. Others

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Andy Burnham replacing Starmer. However, the Greater Manchester mayor requires a time-consuming and uncertain byelection to re-enter parliament. There has been speculation that Wes Streeting might be considering a move next week, although

Harbouring ambition: Voters' hopes ahead of Aberdeen South by-election

Andy Burnham trying to get into Westminster to rock the Labour Party boat. But the importance of Aberdeen South should not be underplayed. It has been held by the SNP's Stephen Flynn since