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Andy Burnham made commitment to serve full term as mayor, Cabinet minister says

Steve Reed dismissed talk of a leadership challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer as ‘tittle-tattle’.

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: Why Starmer’s fixer is back in the headlines

In today’s newsletter: With Labour’s conference looming, Morgan McSweeney’s role in Labour Together donations threatens to engulf the party in another scandal

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham: Could the ‘King of the North’ return to Westminster and nab the top job?

PROFILE: With Keir Starmer floundering in the polls, Labour needs rescuing from the growing threat of Reform. Sean O’Grady asks if Andy Burnham could be its knight in shining armour

The Independent UK

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Andy Burnham urges ‘wholesale change’ to see off ‘existential’ threat to Labour

The Mayor of Greater Manchester criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s running of the Government ahead of the Labour conference.

Evening Standard

'New evidence' must see probe into Morgan McSweeney donations law breach, Tories say

DOWNING Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney hid more than £700,000 in donations to a Labour think tank for three years despite being explicitly…

The National (Scotland)

Top Burnham ally launches scathing attack on Starmer on eve of Labour conference

Exclusive: Sacha Lord compared Labour under Keir Starmer to a fish ‘rotting from the head’

The Independent UK

Clive Lewis: This government is 'not capable' of taking on far right

A LABOUR MP has said he “increasingly” believes the UK Government does not have the “intellectual and political capability” to take on the…

The National (Scotland)

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Andy Burnham, the man who would be king

The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham refuses to rule out Labour leadership bid in threat to Starmer

‘I have never ruled out going back to Westminster. And obviously, I do watch what is going on down there,’ the Greater Manchester mayor said

The Independent UK

Labour health minister takes free California trip from firm with NHS contracts

A COMPANY with active NHS contracts paid for a Labour health minister’s luxury trip to California ...

The National (Scotland)

Starmer’s standing on world stage ‘diminished’ by Mandelson scandal, MPs told

Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of ‘hiding from Parliament’ because he was not present for the emergency debate on Lord Mandelson’s dismissal.

Evening Standard

Who could be the next Prime Minister? Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting among bookies' favourites

Should Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership topple, Streeting and Burnham are just two of the names being thrown in the hat to proceed him

Evening Standard

Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event and blames his office for ‘error’

The Reform leader failed to disclose how much he earned or who paid for his visit to a Republican Party event in March 2025

The Independent UK

Farage admits he failed to register US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad that cost more than £300 within 28 days if they are not wholly paid for by the MP or public funds.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

What is Labour’s new ‘Mainstream’ group and could it help Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer?

Keir Starmer has been hit by one scandal after another in recent weeks from Angela Rayner to Peter Mandelson - and some Labour party members have warned his time could soon be up

Evening Standard

Could Peter Mandelson be removed from the House of Lords over Epstein ties?

Some MPs have called for him to be stripped of his peerage or have the Labour whip removed.

The Independent UK

Multiple Labour MPs considering defecting to Greens, Zack Polanski claims

Exclusive: Sitting down with The Independent, the new Green Party leader said he was ‘absolutely’ having conversations with Labour MPs who are considering defecting

Evening Standard

Labour deputy leadership race appears set for Phillipson v Powell contest

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and former Commons leader Lucy Powell have picked up the most nominations from MPs so far.

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The Guardian - UK

A banya with a billionaire, an undeclared loan and ‘pure poison’: the many scandals of Peter Mandelson

Despite his value to Starmer, the New Labour veteran has been forced into an extraordinary third resignation

The National (Scotland)

SNP to force vote to scrap two-child benefit cap as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer

THE SNP are set to force a vote on scrapping the two-child benefit cap, putting further pressure on Keir Starmer’s Government ...

Evening Standard

SNP to force Commons vote on scrapping two-child benefit cap

Labour has faced consistent calls to scrap the limit since the party came to power last year.

Evening Standard

Risk of Labour war over deputy leader race as first poll reveals frontrunner

The short deputy leader contest has led some to accuse the party leadership of orchestrating a ‘stitch-up’, while candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy described it as ‘unfair’

The Independent UK

Streeting says next deputy leader of the Labour Party ‘ideally’ should be a woman

Wes Streeting has said that the next deputy leader of the Labour Party should “ideally” be a woman.

Evening Standard

Thornberry and Phillipson join contest for Labour deputy leadership

Backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, meanwhile, appears set to be the main candidate from the left of the party.

Evening Standard

'We're haemorrhaging votes': London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy launches bid for deputy Labour leader with blast at Starmer

‘All we seem to do at the moment is chase down Reform and we cannot do that’ - Bell Ribeiro-Addy

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