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Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, who is not in parliament. The Guardian [reported on Saturday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/mps-from-labours-left-to-urge-ed-miliband-to-consider-leadership-bid) that MPs from Labour’s left are expected to urge Miliband to consider a leadership

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

Labour MPs have said they believe the health secretary, Wes Streeting, could imminently launch a challenge. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is also hoping to find a route to parliament to seek

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Labour MPs and allies of Streeting said they had nothing to do with her plan. However, backers of [Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham), the mayor of Greater Manchester, have been trying to persuade West

Henry Zeffman: PM puts himself back in the game for now

Labour MPs who want the prime minister out. But the prime minister is cannily exploiting the divisions among them. Some want a slower leadership contest because they support Andy Burnham

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

Labour’](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b63e49a2403cdce99d723b7d5408bad96444b6fe/0_0_3500_2334/master/3500.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Lucy Powell canvassing in Roundhay, Leeds, on Wednesday. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian Powell, a close friend and ally of Andy Burnham, [who is reportedly preparing a leadership

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) return to parliament in order to succeed him before the next general election. Burnham had a busy day on Thursday, [in the week that Starmer was at war with Whitehall

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

Andy Burnham has strong support from Labour MPs and polls suggest he is the most popular Labour politician with voters. But Burnham is not currently an MP and it would be a tall order

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Andy Burnham to return to Westminster, adding the party had been wrong to block him from standing in a by-election in February and Labour needed to bring "our best players into Parliament". Labour lost

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

Labour’s Anas Sarwar [who did so in February](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/scottish-labour-leader-anas-sarwar-keir-starmer-to-stand-down). MPs hoping to see a change of leadership believe that regional mayors and council leaders – among them Greater Manchester’s [Andy Burnham

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

Labour MP who had surprised almost everyone by announcing a challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership on Saturday, has changed course. Instead of an immediate change, she wants the prime minister to set a September

Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister Catherine West seeks to trigger Labour leadership contest – UK politics live

Labour MPs speaking out are on the soft left of the party and believe Andy Burnham would be the best replacement. They want a commitment from Starmer that he will stand down in the medium

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

leadership contest requires the endorsement of 81 Labour MPs, 20 percent of the party in the Commons. Potential challengers to Starmer include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and Greater Manchester

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

Andy Burnham was 800 miles away in Madrid as Starmer’s future dominated Westminster. But allies of the [Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) mayor were ramping up his leadership campaign and said his return

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

Labour figure put it: "Basically nobody beats Andy Burnham. So if you want anyone other than Andy you need this to happen sooner rather than later." Others are desperate for their colleagues to calm down

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Labour’s disastrous election results, despite his friends insisting he did not want to make the first move. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, is the favoured replacement for Starmer by many on the soft

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

Labour leadership. But Streeting, who is on the party’s right, will not immediately launch a challenge and said he wanted to see a leadership contest with a broad range of candidates – a suggestion that

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

leadership challenge, with Rayner routinely cited as a possible challenger. One of the many moving parts in this would be whether another possible challenger, Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, returns to parliament. Speaking

Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

Labour leadership contest. A better way of explaining the situation might be to say that a leadership contest is already under way; **Angela Rayner** issued what was in effect [her manifesto](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/10/may-elections-keir-starmer-catherine-west-labour-leadership-nigel-farage-reform-conservatives-kemi-badenoch-richard-tice-bridget-phillipson-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a00aed68f087a8ca712f2f4#block-6a00aed68f087a8ca712f2f4) late

Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

Andy Burnham. Calls have also come from the right of the party, including those close to Streeting, for a swifter departure, which would exclude the chance of Burnham standing for the leadership. Pressure has been

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

Labour's so-called soft left, which includes supporters of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. Burnham is seen as a potential challenger to Sir Keir, who blocked him from standing to become an MP earlier