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In Pictures: Key moments in Andy Burnham’s political career so far

We dip into the Press Association’s pictures archive to take a look at the key moments that have shaped Andy Burnham’s political career.

Evening Standard

Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytelling

The Guardian - UK

Additions to David Blunkett’s alternative king’s speech

Letters: Readers praise – and point to omissions from – the former home secretary’s proposed programme for government

The Guardian - UK

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From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run

The mayor of Greater Manchester is the latest in a long line of politicians to try to show he’s on the right track … etc

The Guardian - UK

Labour needs a battle of ideas now, not a scramble to snatch the keys to No 10

Removing Starmer solves the problem of an unpopular leader, but without a coherent alternative agenda his successor won’t fare much better, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Will Starmer’s old Labour tribute strategy rescue him from the abyss? Probably not, but there’s a logic to it

Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman offer experience and political craft, but to reap the benefits, the PM himself will have to change, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

PM must resign to save Britain’s future

Brief letters: Keir Starmer’s banal platitudes | Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman | Tacking backwards | Crap council

The Guardian - UK

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MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Starmer faces prospect of challenge as ex-minister says she will try to trigger race if no one in cabinet comes forward

The Guardian - UK

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

Brown to advise on global finance, while Harman will focus on social and economic improvements for women and girls

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham pulls out of speech amid speculation over Labour leadership challenge against Starmer

The Greater Manchester Mayor had been due to talk on Friday morning amid reports of a plan for him to return to Westminster

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham drops out of keynote speech planned for morning after elections

Organisers of the Festival of Childhood said the Greater Manchester Mayor – and supposed No 10 hopeful – was being replaced as keynote speaker.

Evening Standard

If Labour now decides the PM is no longer up to the job, there’s just one problem: neither is anyone else

Whoever leads Britain through the next three years may have to navigate a recession, even a war. The way we choose that person needs an urgent overhaul, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Families cannot afford sports and PE kit, warns Sir Gareth Southgate

Sir Gareth made the comments while promoting The Multibank charity campaign, which helps families across the UK access essential items.

Evening Standard

Gareth Southgate: ‘Some families are struggling. They can’t afford to buy kit to take part in PE’

The former England men’s football manager is supporting The Multibank charity campaign, which helps families across the UK access essential items – including sports equipment

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This Week in History: General elections, a deadly cyclone, and a new King

Explore how major events between 4 and 10 May were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown says he queried Andrew’s ‘unacceptable costs’ as trade envoy

Brown calls for police to look into former prince’s use of public funds and says he had colleague raise issue in 2008

Evening Standard

Andrew should be re-interviewed over ‘use of public funds’, ex-PM Brown says

He said the former duke was interviewed at his request when he was PM over the ‘unacceptable costs he was incurring’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer faces crunch vote on Peter Mandelson vetting row

The Prime Minister has urged Labour backbenchers to ‘stand together against’ the motion.

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

The prime minister faces a standards investigation over Mandelson affair and testimony from Morgan McSweeney

The Independent UK

Voices: Never mind the plotters – Keir Starmer has a robust case for his own defence

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Whatever the opposition’s excitable claims, all available evidence points to the PM having misled no one – and he remains the right man for the job given the shabby list of would-be replacements

The Conversation

Prime ministers have always faced political scandals – so why can’t they weather them now?

UK prime ministers today are about as secure in their jobs as football managers. In the nearly three decades between 1979 and 2005, Britain had just three prime ministers: Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. From 2005-2015, we again had three: Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

The Independent UK

Streeting admits he got it wrong on Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

Wes Streeting said he did think 2023 reports that exposed links between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein were credible, and now questioned his judgement on the matter

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must call energy summit akin to 2008 crisis response, Labour MP says

Former government adviser Polly Billington urges bigger response to shield people in UK from effects of Iran war

The Guardian - UK

King opens world’s longest managed coastal walk – but much of it is still closed off

Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path

The Guardian - UK

We can’t stand by while children are killed in war

Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran

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