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Labour leadership contest speculation ‘froth and nonsense’ – Lisa Nandy

The Culture Secretary also rebuked her former Cabinet colleague Wes Streeting for seeking to reopen the debate over Brexit.

Evening Standard

Labour leadership talk ‘froth and nonsense’, says senior minister – as it happened

Lisa Nandy says no candidate has launched a challenge to Keir Starmer, despite ‘feverish speculation’ around Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

‘It was always the way to vote Labour here’: party’s proud Welsh heartland makes a clean break of it

Labour’s sometime safest seat in the UK, birthplace of Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, last week sent no Labour delegates to the new Senedd

The Guardian - UK

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Plaid Cymru has forged a brand of inclusive nationalism. That’s why it beat Reform in Wales

Growing up in Gwynedd, I was made to feel ‘not Welsh enough’. But things have changed – and the Senedd victory shows the politics of exclusion has no answer, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?

The Guardian - UK

Labour leadership rivals caught up in debate over EU ties

Wes Streeting, the former health secretary, on Saturday set out his desire for a ‘new special relationship’ with the EU, and to eventually rejoin it.

Evening Standard

Who are the senior Labour figures vying to replace Sir Keir Starmer?

Here the Press Association looks at the possible candidates should a Labour leadership contest be triggered.

Evening Standard

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The serious problems Labour’s would-be leaders will need to address

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: These are the real issues the pretenders to 10 Downing Street ought to be talking about

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham says Labour must put energy and water under public control

Greater Manchester mayor says programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting confirms he will stand if Labour leadership race is triggered

Ex-health secretary sets out fledgling policy platform – including call for new special relationship with EU

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting confirms he will stand for Labour leadership as he calls for UK to rejoin EU

Former Health Secretary has called for a ‘proper contest’ to replace Sir Keir Starmer, including Andy Burnham

Evening Standard

Minister urges Labour ‘battle of ideas’ amid talk of challenge to PM

The call for a debate over the future of Labour’s soul comes as the prospect of a challenge to the Prime Minister’s authority looms closer.

Evening Standard

‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader

Week of leadership jostling has left Keir Starmer looking vulnerable and short of time – even though no challenger has officially come forward

The Guardian - UK

‘An hour of abuse’: Jeremy Corbyn on Labour coups, and whether he feels sorry for Starmer

As Keir Starmer endures a slow ousting, his predecessor recalls the day in 2016 when colleagues tried to force him out – and assesses who might come next

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Pressure on Starmer ramps up as Burnham one step closer to challenge

Labour’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee, has granted Mr Burnham permission to stand in the Makerfield by-election selection process.

The Independent UK

Voices: Make-or-break Makerfield will be an uphill struggle for Andy Burnham and Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: He’s running – but the Manchester mayor will have to face an electorate sick of exactly this kind of political circus, and a Reform party determined to stop him becoming prime minister

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on Starmer as Labour clears path for Burnham's Westminster comeback

No date has yet been confirmed for the by-election itself, but a likely date for the content is June 18

The Guardian - UK

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

At one stage the northern mayor looked to be locked out of parliament, again, but he is still only one step along the road to his No 10 ambitions

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The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham will push to become PM before Labour conference, allies say

Autumn conference in Liverpool targeted for victorious homecoming but Reform UK to fight hard in byelection

The Guardian - UK

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

Who is James Murray, the new health secretary replacing Wes Streeting?

The MP for Ealing North has not run a major department before, but has a reputation as one of the few politicians ‘nobody hates’

The Guardian - UK

No more chancers or failures – the coming contest must produce a British PM worthy of the name

Labour must rise to a historic responsibility by choosing a leader who can win over the nation. The alternative is Farage on the steps of No 10, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s just down to earth’: Ashton-in-Makerfield receptive to Burnham run

The Labour mayor appears popular in his target seat, but would face a tough byelection challenge

Evening Standard

Could Greens team up with Tories to torpedo Labour's planned 'new town' in north London?

Enfield was one of seven councils in the capital to fall to no overall political control at the local elections

The Guardian - UK

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

UK government borrowing costs jump amid political uncertainty and oil price rise that fuelled inflation worries

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