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Forget the three-term project now: crisis-hit Labour needs a one-term mindset and priorities to match

History shows there have been more short-lived Labour governments than long-lasting ones. The party must secure a clear, progressive legacy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why

The party needs a leader who clearly understands the difficulties facing ordinary people. I am yet to see anyone obviously equal to that challenge, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Burnham eyes Westminster return as MP stands aside to allow challenge to Starmer

Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he wanted to return to Westminster to ‘make politics work properly for people’.

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Labour has not learned lessons of defeat in Scotland – SNP Westminster leader

SNP MP Dave Doogan is calling on the UK Government to bring forward an emergency cost-of-living budget to help families.

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Large majority in Northern Ireland see Brexit as a failure, poll suggests

The poll indicates a majority of people in Northern Ireland believe Brexit has made the break-up of the UK more likely.

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Makerfield by-election: Is Andy Burnham going to win?

Manchester mayor and Labour candidate Andy Burnham faces a difficult contest in the upcoming by-election as he bids to return to Parliament

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Embattled Keir Starmer faces leadership contest against Andy Burnham in Labour civil war

Andy Burnham says he will seek to become Labour’s candidate in the upcoming Makerfield by-election

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Who is Josh Simons, the Labour MP who quit for Andy Burnham?

Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves is right – a leadership election will only damage Britain’s recovery

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With new GDP figures showing unexpected growth, Labour’s restless frontbenchers should heed the chancellor’s warning that this is no time to put the economy at risk for the sake of political ambition

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The Guardian view on a cabinet resignation: Labour’s leadership crisis is really an identity crisis

Editorial: The prospect of a contest exposes a deeper truth: the party’s problems go far beyond Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

How Keir Starmer plunged in 674 days from 2024 election triumph to fighting for his political life

A timeline of the Prime Minister’s spectacular downfall after his landslide general election victory handed him the keys to No10

Evening Standard

The gilt market will hover over any Labour leadership contest

The Iran war is the bigger story – but the bond market is primed to deliver a kick if extreme positions arise from a formal race

The Guardian - UK

What would potential Labour leadership candidates do differently from Starmer?

We look at the stances on key issues of Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking difficult cans down the road

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From council estate to cabinet: the political life of Wes Streeting so far

Since his childhood in east London, the MP for Ilford North has shown a keen desire for organisational leadership

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Will Starmer go – and if so, how? Four scenarios in the battle for No 10

A return to Westminster for Andy Burnham is far from guaranteed, while Starmer could fight a leadership challenge and win

The Guardian - UK

Let’s not deny the good work Labour has done. But Starmer is too timid for the radical remedies needed now

Rejoining the EU, massive tax reform, scrapping the pension triple lock – a new leader must summon a sense of emergency and deal with the big issues, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Could now former health secretary and Manchester mayor be about to make an unlikely deal to oust Keir Starmer?

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New presiding officer Kenneth Gibson wants Holyrood to be ‘more enjoyable’

Mr Gibson saw off challenges from fellow MSPs Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan and Clare Haughey to be elected into the role.

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What next for Labour leadership after Streeting resigns and Burnham eyes return?

The pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, though he has vowed to fight any challenge to his position.

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Scottish Labour says ‘wait and see’ on Andy Burnham running in by-election

It comes after Wes Streeting quit as health secretary, saying a leadership battle should take place as he called on Sir Keir Starmer to stand aside.

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Tory candidate suspended over post saying 'MP should be bullied back to Pakistan' elected

Will Jackson was suspended by the Conservative Party just weeks ahead of the local election but still managed to win his seat

Evening Standard

Westminster ‘chaos’ underlines need to ‘break shackles’, says O’Neill

Stormont’s First Minister met in London with the SNP and Plaid Cymru following their election victories in Scotland and Wales.

Evening Standard

Nicki Minaj gives surprise endorsement to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: 'One of a kind'

The US rapper is also a supporter of Donald Trump and previously clashed with Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting’s resignation letter – what he said and what he meant

The key points in the former health secretary’s long letter to Keir Starmer decoded

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