59 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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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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4 d. ago Burnham claims ‘climate of fear’ in Labour and refuses to pledge loyalty to Starmer: Labour conference live

Keir Starmer dismisses Labour calls to oust him as ‘navel gazing' and says battle with Reform UK is ‘fight for the soul of our country'

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4 d. ago Burnham claims ‘climate of fear’ in Labour as he refuses to pledge loyalty to Starmer: Labour conference live

Keir Starmer dismisses Labour calls to oust him as ‘navel gazing' and says battle with Reform UK is ‘fight for the soul of our country'

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5 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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5 d. ago Burnham claims Labour is in ‘peril’ as he refuses to pledge loyalty to Starmer

Prime minister dismisses Labour calls to oust him as ‘navel gazing' and says battle with Reform UK is ‘fight for the soul of our country'

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6 d. ago Rachel Reeves says Keir Starmer's leadership rival Andy Burnham should stick to current job as rumours 'swirl' over potential challenge

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham claims Labour MPs want him to launch a leadership bid against Sir Keir Starmer, who faces a major bout of party infighting.

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7 d. ago Andy Burnham leadership speculation frustrating for MPs, claims Labour chair on eve of party conference

Party infighting and speculation over the future of prime minister Keir Starmer is expected to dominate event in Liverpool

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8 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer allies claim Burnham would be Labour’s Liz Truss as leadership row deepens

Manchester mayor has accused Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’

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8 d. ago Who is Andy Burnham? Manchester mayor hints at Keir Starmer leadership challenge

Andy Burnham claims that some people behind the scenes would like to see him launch a bid for Labour leadership

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8 d. ago Who is Andy Burnham? Manchester mayor hints at Starmer leadership challenge

Andy Burnham claims that some people behind the scenes would like to see him launch a bid for Labour leadership

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9 d. ago 'Divisive' Keir Starmer has NO plan for turning the UK around, rival Andy Burnham claims

Ahead of the Labour conference this weekend, he refused to rule out a leadership bid and said he would be happy to play 'any role' as he criticised the Prime Minister's approach.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right

Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and ReformKeir Starmer will make a major intervention this week, pledging a progressive fightback and promising the UK will reject the division and hate fuelled by the far right.The move comes ahead of Labour’s conference amid increasing pressure on the prime minister from within his own party, where even senior loyalists have voiced fears that he has not mounted a passionate enough attack on Reform UK and rising racism in Britain. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Keir Starmer blasts Nigel Farage over 'unrealistic' plans that 'foster division'

Keir Starmer's press secretary said Nigel Farage had no interest in fixing the problems gripping Britain with its proposals to scrap the main route to British citizenship for migrants

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2 w. ago After quitting the US, Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long? | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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2 w. ago I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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2 w. ago Lucy Powell blasts 'sexist' claim of Labour deputy proxy war between Starmer and Burnham

Lucy Powell "Woe betide anyone who wants to try and tell me that I'm subservient to some other man.

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