Starmer allies will not block Burnham, reports say

A sitting Labour MP resigned from his seat, paving the way for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to potentially return to Westminster and mount a challenge to prime minister Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership.

Starmer allies will not block Burnham, reports say. A sitting Labour MP resigned from his seat, paving the way for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to potentially return to Westminster and mount a challenge to prime minister Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership. Wes Streeting, another likely contender for challenging Starmer, resigned as UK health secretary, saying he has “lost confidence” in the prime minister as leader of their party. Former deputy leader Angela Rayner has suggested she could enter any leadership contest. She has been cleared by tax authorities of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs. Starmer’s position as prime minister has become increasingly tenuous since Labour’s hammering in elections across Britain last week. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, confirmed on Thursday that he would...