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Wes Streeting’s Brexit play may be clever gamesmanship – but it has nothing to do with Europe

Ten years after the referendum, its role as domestic football is still the order of the day – and the ex-health secretary is happy to use it in his leadership bid, says academic Anand Menon

The Guardian - UK · May 19

Peter Mandelson scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered

The foreign affairs select committee meets this week to discuss next steps and there are concerns any conclusions reached at this stage may be premature

The Guardian - UK · May 19

Keir Starmer to chair first Cabinet meeting since Wes Streeting’s resignation

Polling by YouGov suggested Andy Burnham would be Labour members’ preferred candidate for leader.

The Independent UK · May 18

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Starmer chairs new-look Cabinet as poll shows Labour members backing Burnham for leader

Polling by YouGov suggested Andy Burnham would be Labour members’ preferred candidate for leader

Evening Standard · May 18

We need to talk about Brexit

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Don’t let the ugly civil war breaking out in the Labour Party over the EU deter us from the fact that we need to rerun this painful debate 10 years after we left

The Independent UK · May 18

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

Expected candidate in Makerfield byelection says party ‘needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust’

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Downing Street accused of plot to derail Andy Burnham’s by-election hopes

Exclusive: Labour MPs are being briefed that Burnham could bring back Corbyn amid claims of a dirty tricks campaign to stop the Greater Manchester mayor

The Independent UK · May 18

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Starmer’s message to voters in Makerfield: vote Labour because you hate me

The only useful purpose Keir can play in helping Andy Burnham get elected is to be the focus of everything that voters dislike about Labour

The Guardian - UK · May 18

What to know about the political chaos engulfing the UK's Labour Party and efforts to unseat Starmer

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to return to the business of running government

The Independent UK · May 18

It’s byelection bingo! Get ready for the Brexit arguments you heard 10 years ago, only louder

Makerfield will be a test of what Labour would have to look like to beat Reform – so prepare yourself for regrets, broken promises and baffling assertions about ‘red wall’ voters, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Burnham left no one in doubt – he intends to be PM

NEWS ANALYSIS: Confident mayor set out his stall as he called for ‘big changes’ in how the UK is run – and attacked Wes Streeting’s call to rejoin the EU, writes Kate Devlin

The Independent UK · May 18

Rejoin, reset or go Swiss-style? How the UK could try to unpick Brexit

Wes Streeting has suggested he wants to see the UK ‘back in the EU’ one day – but the bloc might take some convincing

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Revealed: The Facebook accounts using AI to promote fake ‘good news’ stories about politicians

Exclusive: Posts which ‘weaponise empathy’ are garnering hundreds of thousands of reactions online – as fact checkers warn false narratives are being ‘churned out at an industrial scale’

The Independent UK · May 18

Starmer: I’ll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are

The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Independent UK · May 18

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The Independent UK · May 18

Voices: Starmer, Burnham, Streeting or Rayner? Tell us who should lead Labour into the next general election

POLL: With Labour descending into fresh infighting over Brexit, leadership manoeuvring and fears of a growing threat from Nigel Farage and Reform UK, our latest poll asks readers who they believe should shape the party’s future

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Wannabe prime ministers are nakedly ambitious to run the UK, but why? That is the burning question

As Starmer, Burnham, Streeting, Rayner, Polanski and Farage line up, I say ambition for power is no bad thing. It’s what they would do with it that counts, says author Stefan Stern

The Independent UK · May 18

Could the UK rejoin the EU — and how would it work?

How exactly would Britain rejoin the EU? Here, The Independent takes a look at the process for doing so, and how easy (or difficult) it would be to get the public on side

The Independent UK · May 18

Starmer’s opponents are paving way for Labour’s destruction, Lammy warns

Foreign secretary dismisses Streeting’s call to overturn Brexit as ‘sixth form debate’ and says it will pave way for Farage

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The Guardian - UK · May 18

‘I am not going to walk away’, says Starmer as Burnham pitches debate on ’how politics needs to change’ – as it happened

The prime minister said he wouldn’t be setting out a timetable to stand down if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield byelection

Evening Standard · May 18

Starmer ‘fights on’ with no timetable for departure, Lammy says

The Prime Minister’s deputy David Lammy said Labour would lose the next general election if infighting continued.

Evening Standard · May 18

Keir Starmer won't be setting out a 'timetable for departure' as Prime Minister, says close ally David Lammy

‘There will be no timetables. What there is is getting on with the business of Government,’ says Tottenham MP David Lammy

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Starmer is not setting out timetable for his departure, says David Lammy

Deputy PM’s comments come as Starmer says he will back Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate ‘100%’

Evening Standard · May 18

Labour civil war: Keir Starmer vows to back Andy Burnham 100% in by-election despite Manchester Mayor's coup threat

‘I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister,’ says Sir Keir Starmer in a sign he will fight any attempt to topple him

Euronews · May 18

Newsletter: Brexit thrust to centre of UK's Labour leadership showdown

Also in this newsletter: Spanish conservatives win Andalusia regional elections but will likely rely on far-right to govern, in a vote seen as litmus test of Spain's wider politics.

Evening Standard · May 17

Starmer’s Government returns to Westminster amid leadership rivals’ Brexit row

Reform UK, which is the second placed party in Makerfield, plans to make hay out of Mr Burnham’s historic support for rejoining the EU.

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