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No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials

Labour party. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, who is seeking a return to Westminster to challenge the prime minister, has previously said he wants Britain to rejoin the bloc within his lifetime. However

Andy Burnham to make bid to return to Commons as pressure mounts on Starmer

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

Burnham’s momentum builds in Makerfield as byelection nears

leadership have been replaced by a formidable band of female operators. There is Midgley, the MP for Knowsley and a battle-hardened Unite and Labour organiser; Haigh, the ex- transport secretary who has become

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Andy Burnham, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner all claim their candidate has the necessary support to force a vote. But it may be that MPs who pledge

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

challenge to Starmer. But Burnham supporters said they hoped to convince the prime minister of the need for a more stable transition – rather than a bloody leadership contest – which would give the man dubbed

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

Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield

Andy's campaign message is welcome on the campaign." Sir Keir's leadership was plunged into crisis last week, after dozens of Labour MPs called for him to stand down and Wes Streeting resigned

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

leadership has looked fragile for some time, and Labour is braced for a difficult set of elections in May. But that alone may not be enough to trigger a move against him. The three most

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

Andy Burnham, has suggested financial markets would “have to fall into line” should the Greater Manchester mayor find a route to Downing Street. Meanwhile, the leftwing grandee Diane Abbott [suggested that](https://x.com/SaulStaniforth/status/2054428241444663687)

Streeting launches scathing attack on Starmer - and calls for UK to rejoin EU

Labour needed a “battle of ideas” in any coming leadership contest. He said: “The moral emergency of antisemitism in our party left little room for intellectual renewal or policy debate on the centre-left

Labour MPs say ‘endless drama’ of leadership speculation must stop

challenge. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has [been widely linked](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/andy-burnham-westminster-return-plan-within-weeks) with a planned return to Westminster, but faces a series of logistical hurdles, while the other two obvious candidates, Angela Rayner

Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?

challenge failed to materialise. However, his authority with Labour MPs remains weak. Each new resignation attempts to undermine his position. For now, Starmer remains in charge by default. For today’s First Edition, I spoke

‘An hour of abuse thrown at me’: Jeremy Corbyn on being the target of a Labour coup

Burnham at a school in Ashton, Greater Manchester, on 11 May. Photograph: Paul Ellis/PA Corbyn, who [later beat the challenger](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/24/labour-leadership-jeremy-corbyn-wins-landslide-victory-party), Owen Smith, by 61.8% to 38.2% of the membership, said

‘Hold the line’: Burnham tells allies in parliament he still has options to return

Andy about doing so. One Burnham ally said: “We thought the local election results would concentrate some peoples’ minds [but] until you’ve got something lined up, you haven’t. “There’s been a couple

Thames Water investors say temporary nationalisation would slow its recovery

Labour government that a temporary nationalisation of the embattled company would slow its turnaround, after calls from [Andy Burnham to put key utilities under public control](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/andy-burnham-energy-water-under-public-control-keir-starmer). As Keir Starmer’s grip

Chris Mason: Why a coffee is overshadowing the King's Speech

leadership challenge and the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has not yet found himself a parliamentary seat to contest. "Wes doesn't have the numbers and Andy doesn't have a seat

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

challenge. Locked out of parliament, Burnham seemed to be no further on than when he made his last leadership tilt, which was ended by the Labour national executive committee’s [refusal

Analysis: Has Starmer done enough to save his premiership?

challenge to the prime minister's leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory? In the first instance, the person whose answer to that question matters most - and this would

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

challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership by tomorrow morning, she will do it herself. She would need the support of 81 Labour MPs to trigger a contest; there is no evidence that she has those

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

challenges to prove Labour could deliver for working people. “Andy is clearly a talented politician and one that has managed in Manchester to prove that he can deliver but he can tap into issues that