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At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

challengers among Labour MPs - Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham also has support - but would need to become an MP to stand for leader, requiring a more drawn-out contest - The prime minister gave a hastily

What does Makerfield make of by-election and can Burnham win?

Andy Burnham, did not have a way to challenge him, as he is not an MP. Which is where Makerfield comes in. The area's current MP, Josh Simons, has announced he is standing down

No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

Andy Burnham's new campaign logo Photograph: The Times Now only the last fully resembles its former glory, and even then, with its perennial financial woes, only just. “You have to stay connected

Labour’s Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over UK tax affairs

challenger to the prime minister would have to have the backing of 81 of the party’s 403 members in the House of Commons; more than that number have publicly called on Starmer to quit

Wes Streeting pledges 'wealth tax that works'

challenging him for the Labour leadership, Streeting told the BBC. "As I said to the prime minister in my letter and privately, this is a government that lacks definition and also direction and vision," Streeting

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

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

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

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, on Monday

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leadership have been replaced by a formidable band of female operators.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 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

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

Andy Burnham to succeed Starmer – against just 11% for Streeting. And whereas Burnham had a 44% favourability rating, only 18% felt the same towards the health secretary. That result put Streeting roughly

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)

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?

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) supporters is to drag this out as long as they can. Really, they want to agree a timetable that allows them to do this.” Then there’s the very real

Wes Streeting leaves No 10 after planned talks with Keir Starmer - UK politics live

leadership challenge. In Downing Street they are starting to believe that Streeting has blinked because he does not have the support he needs to win a contest. Starmer refused to meet Streeting

‘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