20 h. ago Starmer vows to protect Jewish community in UK after synagogue terror attack

Greater Manchester Police said two members of the Jewish community were killed and four other people remain in hospital.

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39 h. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to cut energy bills by scrapping Net Zero if she becomes Prime Minister

In a major policy move, Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative government would replace Labour's Climate Change Act with a strategy putting cheap and reliable power first.

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46 h. ago Andy Burnham would be blocked by Starmer from running for parliament, claims minister

The Greater Manchester mayor would need to become an MP if he wants to be Labour leader and prime minister

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49 h. ago Keir Starmer is 'listening to Andy Burnham' and adopting his policies, mayor's office says

The comments come amid tense relations between the Prime Minister and Greater Manchester mayor

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3 d. ago Andy Burnham stays away from Keir Starmer's Labour conference speech to avoid 'creating a distraction'

The mayor has fuelled rumours of a leadership challenge in recent weeks, but said Keir was the 'right man' to be PM yesterday

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3 d. ago Voices: ‘Easy to snipe from the sidelines’: Readers defend Starmer amid questions over Burnham’s leadership ambitions

Our community sees Andy Burnham’s supposed leadership manoeuvres as divisive. While some defended Keir Starmer’s authority, others questioned Labour’s overall direction and unity

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3 d. ago Andy Burnham gives Keir Starmer another headache with dig at major policy

Andy Burnham has been turning heads at Labour’s annual conference with his criticism of the Government amid rumours he’d be a prime candidate to one day succeed Keir Starmer

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3 d. ago Andy Burnham gives Keir Starmer huge headache as he refuses to back digital ID policy

Andy Burnham has been turning heads at Labour’s annual conference with his criticism of the Government amid rumours he’d be a prime candidate to one day succeed Keir Starmer

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3 d. ago Andy Burnham says 'not now' as Keir Starmer makes plans for compulsory digital ID

It comes as Keir Starmer plans to introduce a new ID system by 2029

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4 d. ago Sarwar: Labour needs to be better at telling its ‘positive story’

Anas Sarwar said he, rather than Sir Keir Starmer, would be at the forefront of the 2026 Scottish election campaign.

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves warns Andy Burnham is ‘going the way of Liz Truss’

The red-on-red attack shows how far relations have deteriorated between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer’s camp

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham flees conference as Mirror confronts him with Keir Starmer question

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has claimed there is a 'climate of fear' within Labour which is stopping people from debating the direction of Government

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham comes out fighting as he warns Starmer’s Labour faces ‘peril’ and must change ‘climate of fear’

His comments come after the PM compared the Greater Manchester mayor to Liz Truss

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham says he 'won't be shying away' as he launches a fresh blast at Keir Starmer's leadership on first day of Labour's conference

The Greater Manchester mayor, who has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the PM, did nothing to dampen down speculation about his ambitions.

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4 d. ago Fresh blow for Sir Keir Starmer as half of Labour members don't want him at next election

The latest numbers come after a YouGov poll revealed Reform would be on the brink of winning an outright majority if an election were held tomorrow and Labour leadership rival Andy Burnham leads Sir Keir by 50 points

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4 d. ago Senior Labour MSP tells Andy Burnham to 'shut up' over rumours of leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Michael Marra used blunt language after Burnham stepped up his criticism of the Prime Minister.

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham comes out fighting as he warns Starmer’s Labour faces ‘peril’

His comments come after Sir Keir compared the Greater Manchester mayor to Liz Truss

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5 d. ago Liverpool mayor says Andy Burnham could do a 'better job' as Labour leader than Keir Starmer

Steve Rotheram stressed 'we have a PM at the moment' and 'we are supporting' Keir Starmer.

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5 d. ago Starmer pleads for space to lead Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ against Reform

The under-pressure Prime Minister told his party that now is not the time for ‘introspection or navel-gazing’.

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5 d. ago Poll puts arch leadership rival Andy Burnham 50 points ahead of Keir Starmer as PM faces Labour Party conference from hell

Sir Keir Starmer was welcomed to the Labour Party conference on Saturday night with the news that leadership rival Andy Burnham leads him by a 50 points in the polls.

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