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support in any summer leadership race, which might be triggered by a direct challenge. “This has changed in the last few months – MPs have coalesced around Burnham in a way they hadn’t before. They
Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. MPs from across the party’s ranks said the prime minister had failed to convince them he had what it took to lead the country into the next election
Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election means there is now a real prospect he will challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party - and the country. During
supporters keep saying he’s got a seat. But where is it? It’s not real unless he has one.”  The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, needs a parliamentary
PM sends Burnham and Labour warning over leadership contest Sir Keir Starmer has warned Andy Burnham against launching an immediate challenge to his leadership if he becomes an MP, urging him, and the party
PM. He looks panicky and out of his depth. "I watched that thinking of all my constituents who told me on their doorsteps in the last few weeks that he has to go and they
PM, which then triggers a leadership election decided by the party membership across the country. This means that Labour leaders can sometimes survive, despite not having the support of most of their MPs, while conversely
Andy Burnham, the probable favourite among Labour MPs, is not in parliament. Any resolution in the coming weeks would require a sitting MP to trigger a contest by getting the backing of 80-plus colleagues
PM in 12 hours of political drama On Wednesday, as Sir Keir Starmer stood in the House of Lords and watched the King read out the government's plan for the coming year, the prime
Andy Burnham and [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) will ask cabinet ministers, friends and Labour grandees to persuade Keir Starmer over the weekend not to fight a leadership challenge. Burnham, who won a compelling majority
PM](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/wes-streeting-launches-scathing-attack-keir-starmer-vision-leadership) that Brexit was “a catastrophic mistake” and the UK’s future lay “back in the EU”. That reflects, first, just how deep the wounds of Brexit still run. A decade after
Andy Burnham, there is a sense that Keir Starmer is entering his own legacy period – not just tying up loose ends, but seeking to create impacts that last. The long-awaited [defence investment plan
PM "We have a problem and we need to move quickly," Labour MP Catherine West has said as she defended her efforts to trigger a leadership challenge against the prime minister. The north London
Andy Burnham, could fight in the contest. Streeting had long been gathering support for a challenge and has spent the week asking MPs to nominate him. Allies have consistently said he did not want
PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next Sir Keir Starmer's premiership has never looked more vulnerable as growing numbers of his own MPs call on him to stand down after a disastrous
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
PM’s job? Meet the candidates Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to prove his doubters wrong as he fights for his political future in the wake of last week’s disastrous local
Andy Burnham’s return to the Commons if he is victorious in this week’s Makerfield byelection. I spoke to Dan about how an argument about money exposes domestic and international uncertainties around Starmer
Andy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s [controversial changes](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/burnham-to-back-shabana-mahmoods-immigration-changes-allies-say) to the immigration system, his allies have said, in a blow to those in Labour who hope to soften them