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Politics has tossed friendship out of the window – as Keir Starmer is realising

Britain’s embattled PM is beset by enemies. One reason is that Westminster has ceased to be a club and turned into a shambles, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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London MPs back Andy Burnham Commons comeback: 'We need our best players on the pitch'

Brent East MP Dawn Butler stresses Labour needs its ‘best players on the pitch’

Evening Standard

Government blocks 11 ‘far-right agitators’ from UK for Tommy Robinson rally

A massive police operation is being planned for the event.

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Digested week: Starmer’s day of reckoning was foreseen – just not the level of drama

While Tories are quite ruthless about removing a leader, Labour MPs can’t decide whether their regicide is a tragedy or comedy

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Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection, in blow to Burnham

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat

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Labour’s NEC opens door for Burnham to return to Westminster via Makerfield byelection – as it happened

National Executive Committee ives Burnham permission to stand in the candidate selection process for the upcoming byelection

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Starmer loyalist admits PM is unpopular but warns against ‘copying Tories’

Housing secretary Steve Reed says no one has numbers for challenge and Labour should row in behind prime minister

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Cabinet minister warns against ‘chaos’ of Labour leadership contest to oust PM

The Prime Minister is under intense pressure from within his own party, after a series of seismic political moves by challengers to his premiership.

Evening Standard

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

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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’.

Evening Standard

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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When will the Makerfield by-election take place?

When the by-election that Andy Burnham hopes will return to Parliament is predicted to take place

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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 Independent 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

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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

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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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