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Andy Burnham ramps up pressure on Starmer over leadership

Andy Burnham on MPs urging him to challenge Starmer

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has told the BBC he had given "honest" answers to questions about Labour MPs privately urging him to challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

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Keir Starmer trashes Andy Burnham’s economic plan

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Andy Burnham ramps up pressure on Starmer over leadership as tensions rise

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Backlash from Labour MPs to Burnham leadership ambitions

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is facing a backlash from dozens of Labour MPs over suggestions he could mount a challenge to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's leadership.

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Andy Burnham: MPs want me to challenge Starmer

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Starmer allies hit back at Burnham and liken him to Truss after attacks on PM

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Mr Burnham claimed that "wholesale change" is needed to turn things around.

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Keir Starmer news leaves BBC Breakfast viewers furious as they issue same complaint

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Labour leadership up to the party, says Burnham

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Andy Burnham: Could the ‘King of the North’ return to Westminster for 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

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Andy Burnham’s high-tax manifesto – and what it means for your money

Andy Burnham has made his boldest pitch yet to be the next leader of the Labour party. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Mr Burnham laid out the building blocks of a tax and spend manifesto that would be more radical than anything Sir Keir Starmer’s government has yet proposed.

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Andy Burnham’s borrowing plans would spook gilt market, investors warn

Bond investors have warned that a Labour government led by Andy Burnham would spark a fresh sell-off in gilts and the pound if it launched a borrowing spree against a backdrop of fragile markets.

Andy Burnham is asked about his interview in the Daily Telegraph, in which he said Labour MPs were asking him privately to challenge the prime minister. The Manchester mayor's comments ahead of Labour's annual conference are a clear sign of his leadership ambitions.

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‘I’m always causing trouble’: How Andy Burnham triggered fury in Downing Street

As MPs urge him to challenge Starmer, Manchester mayor outlines political strategy he says is missing from No 10

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

Sir Keir Starmer’s allies have said Andy Burnham’s would be Labour’s Liz Truss after the Manchester mayor shared his vision of how to “turn the country around”The Manchester mayor revealed on Thursday that MPs had asked him to challenge Starmer’s leadership,

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Burnham has 'no plan to abandon Greater Manchester'

Andy Burnham has said he has "no intention of abandoning" his work as the mayor of Greater Manchester after speculation about a potential challenge for the Labour leadership. The former Labour minister has not ruled out challenging Sir Keir Starmer but said a decision about any change in leadership was up to Labour MPs.