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Forget Andy Burnham – these are the five people who could actually be the next prime minister

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at the five contenders who have emerged this week at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool as potential leadership candidates

The Independent UK

Mahmood brands Labour a ‘dysfunctional’ family

Sir Keir Starmer has faced challenges from Andy Burnham, his backbenchers and Labour activists at this year’s conference in Liverpool.

Evening Standard

‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns

Prime minister lambasts Nigel Farage and the politics of Reform in combative Labour conference speech

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My conference pass was revoked for asking difficult questions: this is Keir Starmer’s Labour

I was told it was a ‘safeguarding’ issue. This speaks to a party that has not only lost its soul, but is scared of the truth, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough

Editorial: Extra services for poorer families are welcome, but real progress requires the raising of incomes

The Guardian - UK

Starmer vows Labour will never surrender Britain to ‘enemy’ Farage in rousing party conference speech

Keir Starmer received a huge reception from the party faithful as he gave his most impassioned speech yet as leader

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer finally comes out fighting to become the leader Labour wants

NEWS ANALYSIS: Emboldened by the ‘enemy’ Reform, this was the prime minister like we have never seen him before, writes political editor David Maddox

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Nigel Farage ‘doesn’t believe in Britain’, Starmer tells Labour conference

Prime minister says choice is between ‘decency or division, renewal or decline’, amid rise of Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims

Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU

The Independent UK

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

YOUR VIEWS: 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

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to tell Labour conference growth is the ‘antidote to division’

In a combative speech, the prime minister will pledge to raise living standards and ‘face down’ threats of a volatile world

The Guardian - UK

Starmer: ‘Choose my decency over Farage’s division’

The prime minister will rally the Labour Party with a call to fight back against Nigel Farage’s Reform in a crucial conference speech in Liverpool

The Independent UK

Telling Labour who the real enemy is has energised both Starmer and his party

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer has defied gloomy expectations for the party conference in Liverpool with a new energy not seen since he won the election in July last year, says political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham hits back at Labour critics over challenge to Starmer

Greater Manchester mayor says he wants conference dominated by leadership speculation to be a success

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In Shabana Mahmood and Rachel Reeves, Labour finds reasons to keep the faith

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour’s conference began with a defiant speech from a re-energised chancellor and a tub-thumping call to arms from the home secretary that reminded both party and country of what is at stake

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham, the Schrödinger’s cat of the Labour party conference

Both there and not there, no minister dares mention his name but he’s etched on to everyone’s subconscious

The Guardian - UK

I’ve seen despair at the Labour conference, but Starmer’s battle for Britain’s soul is one he can still win

The government’s fall in popularity has affected party morale, but there are signs that taking the fight to Farage can provide a much-needed spark, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Conversation

No more resets, reboots and reshuffles: brand experts on why Labour now needs a total overhaul

Labour is holding its 2025 conference against a backdrop of Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, calling for “wholesale change”. Burnham is making a clear attempt to use the government’s record of scandal, u-turn and general identity crisis as fuel for his own leadership bid. But he is far from alone…

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The Independent UK

Burnham says he hopes Britain rejoins EU as he hits back at Reeves and Starmer on the economy

Greater Manchester mayor denied he would be ‘hopeless’ on the economy as he tried to play down speculation over his political ambitions

Evening Standard

Burnham opposes digital ID and defends economic agenda after Reeves’ swipe

The Greater Manchester Mayor said ‘not now’ when asked if he was in favour of rolling out the identity system.

The Independent UK

John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s future – from Burnham to Reform and digital ID

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s leadership woes, the rise of Reform, and what it means for Keir Starmer’s premiership

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves warns of looming ‘harsh headwinds’ as she fails to dispel fears over major tax rises

The chancellor received 10 standing ovations as she set out her pitch to Labour members ahead of what will be a difficult Budget in November

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves unapologetic on her fiscal rules while talking up investment

Conference speech sets out likely Labour economic argument at next general election and pitch to party

The Guardian - UK

Reeves warns Labour figures against ‘peddling idea’ of ditching fiscal rules

Chancellor tells party conference that higher borrowing to pay for public services risks serious damage to the economy

The Independent UK

Don’t just focus on immigration if you want to beat Reform, Starmer warned

John Curtice tells Labour and Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as the Conservatives

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