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Culture secretary says Streeting’s call for UK to rejoin EU is ‘odd’

rejoining the EU. She told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “I actually think this is just a bit odd. I listened to what Wes had to say very carefully yesterday, and I know that

Personal decision for Starmer on whether to fight leadership contest, minister says

support he has in Greater Manchester, where he has won three successive landslides in mayoral elections. Nandy said: "Because of Andy's record as mayor, people who didn't vote for [Labour] last week were

Chris Mason: Inside the shadow contest to be our next prime minister

supporters of the prime minister like to point out, there has been no formal challenge to him yet, and he is making clear, for now at least, that he is getting on with

Starmer is not setting out timetable for his departure, says David Lammy

Andy Burnham wins next month’s Makerfield byelection and no other challenger emerges, Lammy insisted this was not being considered. “There will be no timetable for departure,” Lammy, who is justice secretary and deputy prime

Brexit may be back, but Britain needs to know what it wants

Andy Burnham, is also [a bit of a Remainer himself](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/29/rachel-reeves-labour-party-conference-youth-guarantee-unemployment-uk-politics-live-latest-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68da8fe08f088bee03e6f729#block-68da8fe08f088bee03e6f729) – but to run in the leadership contest, he must first win a byelection in a [heavily leave-voting constituency](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/andy-burnham-faces-perilous-race-to-win-makerfield-byelection-allies-say).

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

supporter of the Starmer government, said the state of the polls made him “angry, to be honest with you – some of the good stuff the government has done, the government isn’t shouting louder about

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

Andy Burnham ‘does not live rent-free in my head’. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian While the government has already brought in a fair pay agreement for care workers, Streeting said he would introduce a national

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham drew the battle lines for the future of the Labour party on Monday as the Greater Manchester mayor promised he would “change Labour” and win back the voters the party had lost. Burnham

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

Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits

support Trump and cut benefits Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party

Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/lib-dems-to-urge-labour-to-drop-torpor-and-timidity-on-eu-and-rejoin-single-market) to end Labour’s “torpor and timidity” towards the EU as they call for the UK to rejoin the single market, in a notable strengthening of their own position

‘King of the North’: Who is Andy Burnham, a potential UK prime minister?

Andy Burnham has announced an ambitious plan of his own – to win a parliamentary seat in the northern English town Ashton-in-Makerfield. According to his supporters, he is the best candidate to replace Starmer