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Andy Burnham is seeking a return to Westminster to enable him to challenge Sir Keir for the premiership. Healey is the second cabinet minister to resign from Sir Keir's government in recent weeks, after
Andy Burnham said he would seek to enter any potential Labour leadership contest should he win the Makerfield by-election on 18 June. The Greater Manchester Mayor also told BBC Question Time that he would
leadership contest that is expected to follow](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/will-starmer-go-and-if-so-how-four-scenarios-in-the-battle-for-no-10), Nandy insisted the prime minister, Keir Starmer, was right to have ruled out rejoining the EU. She told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “I actually
Andy Burnham will attempt to return to the Commons as an MP, after Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary saying he had lost confidence in Sir Keir Starmer's leadership. Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor
Keir Starmer has another appointment in Downing Street, where he is meeting [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting), the health secretary who wants to replace him. Yesterday Starmer in effect challenged Streeting
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faces a potential leadership challenge, the spectre of the bond market looms large. Amid febrile conditions in Westminster, the prospect of Britain switching prime ministers for a sixth time
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](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham), the party’s leftwing hope for prime minister, will have to demonstrate he can win over Reform UK voters on migration, and the bond markets on fiscal rules. And there
Burnham ‘big role’ in government to avoid leadership contest – UK politics live Good morning. **Keir Starmer** is still in France for the G7 summit but – as Margaret Thatcher discovered on a trip to Paris
leadership crisis Sir Keir Starmer is holding a crucial cabinet meeting as he fights to stay on as prime minister, less than two years after leading Labour to a landslide election win. It comes amid
Andy Burnham is unable to run from outside parliament. Rayner suggested she could enter any leadership contest, should one be triggered by Streeting on Thursday, although sources have said she was not dead
Keir Starmer, Labour have trod warily around the issue of Brexit, sticking to "red lines" that, while seeking a closer relationship with the EU, the UK would not be rejoining either the EU's single
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next. A month ago, the group from
Andy Burnham spent much of the day attempting to persuade MP Josh Simons, once a staunch ally of Sir Keir, to sacrifice his parliamentary career to help save Labour. Wes Streeting was in Parliament with
Keir Starmer’s premiership. After a fortnight that left [Starmer fighting for his political future](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/starmer-buys-some-time-mandelson-election) over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, the number of MPs backing Burnham is understood
leadership speculation, as Downing Street begins a fightback against predictions of an imminent challenge to [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer). Some backbenchers warned that repeated briefings about how and when the prime minister could
Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel “bitterly let down”, the education secretary, [Bridget Phillipson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/bridget-phillipson), has said. Phillipson said [Labour
Keir Starmer gives a speech in London in a bid to secure his premiership following devastating election losses for his Labour Party [Carl Court/Getty Images] ## Who could Starmer’s main challengers be? To trigger
Keir Starmer’s cabinet](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign), it set off a bombshell ; outwardly, things did not look hopeful. Streeting had not launched a leadership bid, and Burnham still ostensibly had no seat in Westminster from
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) backed away from triggering a contest against the prime minister this week. Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader, who will be the political lead for the party in the byelection