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Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Andy Burnham, seeking to fight the Makerfield byelection on a promise to challenge Keir Starmer for the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership

What next for Starmer? Five scenarios in Labour leadership crisis

challenged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's grip on power but there is still no clear resolution to the leadership crisis affecting Labour. Andy Burnham

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Labour should change their leader." Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham are thought to be the main potential challengers to Sir Keir's leadership

Blair’s advice for Labour fails to engage with inequality, senior party figures say

Labour party](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/tony-blair-labour-abandon-net-zero-support-donald-trump) fails to engage with inequality and the “extremes of austerity”, senior party figures have said. Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, who is widely expected to launch a leadership challenge

I have a duty to stay on, says Starmer, as he justifies defence spending decisions

Labour's most consistently loyal ministers. A leadership contest has not yet been triggered, however Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to launch a challenge

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

Labour MPs. Likely challengers to the leadership include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham

No 10 says Starmer ‘will not walk away’ if Burnham officially enters Labour leadership contest - UK politics live

leadership contest after Andy** **Burnham said he would join one if elected an MP.** “There is no contest at the moment, and my view is it would be **a huge distraction at this time

Burnham to launch byelection campaign as Green candidate quits after just nine hours – UK politics live

Andy Burnham out canvassing ahead of the byelection Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images He is widely expected to challenge **Keir Starmer** for the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

challenge Starmer, the Labour leadership struggle would be thrown into turmoil. Streeting has said he will contest any leadership election, and former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has indicated she will stand if Burnham

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

challenge – UK politics live From Good morning. The news this morning is full of speculation about whether or not there will be a Labour leadership contest. A better way of explaining the situation might

Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful

challenge – and opportunity – of AI. The current leadership debate concerning Streeting and Andy Burnham, whom Blair also praises, “has an extraordinarily retro 20th-century feel to it”, he complains. Some in Labour

Starmer can survive a leadership challenge, says attorney general

Andy Burnham, regarded as the frontrunner in any future leadership contest, has set his sights on returning to Westminster in the Makerfield by-election this month. Asked whether Sir Keir believed he could survive

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

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

Labour to get beyond the “spectacular own goal” of repeated leadership speculation. While allies of Starmer [have suggested he is](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/andy-burnham-faces-perilous-race-to-win-makerfield-byelection-allies-say) potentially willing to step aside if Andy Burnham wins next month

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner. Labour is braced for dismal results [in Thursday’s elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-labour-test-greens-reform-lib-dems-tories-england-scotland-wales-polls), which could result in [Starmer facing a leadership challenge

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

UK and US voters are highly cynical. They express it differently.

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester and Starmer’s chief internal rival, is elected as Labour’s representative in Parliament, giving him the chance to challenge Starmer for the party leadership

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

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

Labour must change course or risk handing Reform UK power](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/wes-streeting-first-speech-resignation-labour-must-be-bolder-or-lose). He said that while he had the support of 81 MPs, needed to launch a leadership challenge, he had decided