Burnham tells BBC Labour leadership
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Labour has made it “too easy” for people to enter the country illegally, Sir Keir Starmer has admitted, as part of an astonishing attack on his own party’s previous record on immigration.
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that Labour has previously got it wrong on migration. Writing for The Telegraph ahead of a speech countering Reform UK, the Prime Minister acknowledged that, before his leadership, the party “did shy away” from voters’ concerns on illegal immigration.
GB News was brought to a halt as the news channel issued a breaking news announcement on Thursday. The show shared that there have been a wide range of reports suggesting that Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce mandatory digital ID cards.
Labour’s dramatic fall from grace over the last year will certainly have left a lot of party members feeling rather embarrassed – and so many will expect to be suitably cajoled by Starmer at the conference. Keir Starmer is unlikely to be looking forward to this year’s Labour party conference in Liverpool.
Mr Burnham has long been a favourite to succeed Sir Keir and is a strong ally of Lucy Powell, who is favourite to win Labour’s deputy leadership contest. He also has the support of culture secretary Lisa Nandy as well as other cabinet ministers.
ED Miliband is plotting against Sir Keir Starmer and wants to make a comeback as Labour leader, party insiders say. The Net Zero minister – dubbed Red Ed for his lefty views – has had
The Conservatives have called for an investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer failed to declare support from the think tank Labour Together during his 2020 leadership bid.
All the Labour members to have not had the whip restored, to have resigned or been sacked by prime minister since July 2024