Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell has backed Sir Keir Starmer to remain prime minister after Thursday’s elections – but said she also wants one of his key leadership rivals, Andy Burnham, to return to Westminster.
With hours to go before polls open across England, Wales and Scotland, in what are widely predicted to be disastrous elections for Labour, she also sidestepped questions about whether Sir Keir should lead the party into the next general election.
