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Starmer faces pressure not to block Andy Burnham’s return to parliament

Angela Rayner is expected to urge PM to let Greater Manchester mayor stand in Gorton and Denton byelection

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner 'to back Andy Burnham's bid to return to Westminster'

Labour party commentators have warned the Manchester mayor’s return could lead to a damaging and unnecessary internal row

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Labour’s judgment: blocking Andy Burnham would be a mistake

Editorial: Excluding a popular mayor would fracture Labour’s coalition and make Downing Street look fearful rather than authoritative

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Starmer stands up to Trump at last and has chance to make case for Europe

Rebuke will do PM no harm with his party and opens up a politically perilous but potentially appealing path ahead

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Starmer reacts to Trump’s ‘insulting’ claims over British troops in Afghanistan

Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at Donald Trump over the US president's false claims about British troops in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Burnham warned not to ‘rock the boat’ with Starmer leadership challenge

Labour’s deputy prime minister David Lammy cautioned that his party – trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls – could be forced to call an early general election if it changed leader

The Independent UK

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far?

The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Trump remarks about British troops ‘insulting and appalling’, Starmer says

Evening Standard

Could Keir Starmer survive an Andy Burnham leadership challenge?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Despite the prime minister’s efforts to improve relations with his backbenchers, speculation about his future refuses to die down. With Andy Burnham confirming he is seeking to return to Westminster, can Sir Keir cling on to power? Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

The Independent UK

Labour chiefs warned not to rig by-election selection to block Burnham

Labour heavyweight Andy Burnham could use a vacancy in a Greater Manchester seat to seek a path to return to Westminster.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Andy Burnham could save Labour’: Readers back Manchester mayor’s potential Westminster return

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has criticised Labour’s attempts to block Andy Burnham’s potential Westminster return, insisting: ‘If Burnham wants to stand, he should stand’

The Independent UK

Starmer’s response to Trump’s Greenland outburst shows good old British pragmatism only goes so far

Having thus far taken a highly cautious line with the capricious Donald Trump, Keir Starmer broke with the US president this week over the latter’s desire to acquire Greenland.

The Conversation

‘Risky’ Tories, ‘drama queen’ Jenrick and Farage’s Trump problem: voters’ verdict on the battle for the right

In focus groups in Warrington and Godalming, there was a feeling Keir Starmer was adrift – but are Reform’s ‘Globetrotters’ the answer?

The Guardian - UK

Outrage in UK after Trump claims NATO troops avoided Afghanistan front line

According to official UK figures, 405 of the 457 British casualties who died in Afghanistan were killed in hostile military action.

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The Guardian - UK

It’s Andy Burnham, the man who could be king. Will he, won’t he – are we really still watching this movie?

Many yearn and yearn for the Greater Manchester mayor to claim his Westminster crown. They should be careful what they wish for – as should he, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

‘I lost my leg and arm on the front line in Afghanistan – here’s why Trump is wrong about British troops’

Former Royal Marine commando Ben McBean described Donald Trump’s comments about Nato forces in Afghanistan as ‘insulting’

Evening Standard

Former Army captain says Trump has ‘trampled over memories’ of Afghanistan dead

Doug Beattie said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer must publicly ‘hold the president to task’.

The Guardian - UK

Union boss warns against Labour ‘control-freakery’ over Andy Burnham

Unison’s Andrea Egan among several figures to speak out against any moves to rig selection for Gorton and Denton byelection

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The Independent UK

Will Andy Burnham stand as an MP and what would a challenge to Starmer look like?

The ‘King of the North’ has thrown his hat in the ring for the Gorton and Denton by-election

Evening Standard

Trump’s Afghanistan claim ‘utterly ridiculous’ says minister and veteran Carns

Former Royal Marines officer Al Carns said the UK and US had ‘bonds forged in fire’ in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Candidate selection in Burnham’s potential seat will be normal process – Kinnock

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham faces a choice about whether to pursue a return to Westminster.

Evening Standard

Trump’s Afghanistan comments ‘ultimate insult’, says mother of wounded veteran

The mother of Ben Parkinson urged Sir Keir Starmer to stand up to the US president over his suggestion British troops stayed away from the front line.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘insulting’ fake claim about Nato troops slammed by mother of severely injured British veteran

‘It’s just a childish man trying to deflect from his own actions,’ says Diane Dernie, the mother of Ben Parkinson

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Trump’s Nato claims ‘insulting and frankly appalling’, says Starmer –as it happened

President’s assertion that Nato troops were not on the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread anger

The Guardian - UK

The greatest threat facing Britain may soon be the US – but the establishment won’t recognise it

Since the end of the second world war, all eyes have been on Russia. Yet Trump’s increasingly hostile presidency is shattering old assumptions, asks Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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