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Back of the net! Badenoch hammers Starmer at PMQs as Labour manager loses dressing room

Political sketch: Labour right winger Wes Streeting and left winger Andy Burnham are both trying to topple the PM

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Burnham is no superhero with all the answers’: Readers divided over who should lead Labour

YOUR VIEWS: With Andy Burnham narrowly edging ahead of Keir Starmer in our latest reader poll, Independent readers have been fiercely debating whether Labour needs a dramatic change of direction – or whether replacing the prime minister now would only deepen the party’s crisis

The Independent UK

In The Room | Burnham or Brexit 2.0? Analysing the Labour leadership face-off

With the writing seemingly on the wall for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, two contenders have already thrown their names into the ring for his job. Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has launched an appeal to Labour heartland, suggesting he might be vying to initiate a "Brexit 2.0." Meanwhile, Andy Burnham,…

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Streeting says he resigned because Labour ‘in fight of our lives against nationalism’, and is currently losing – as it happened

Former health secretary standing down after saying he no longer had confidence in Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

UK minister ‘confident’ of steel pact with EU ahead of impending July tariffs

Minister of State for Trade Chris Bryant hailed “very productive conversations” with EU counterparts on a carve-out for the UK from looming restrictions on steel imports. Britain's Labour-led government is pushing ahead with an economic reset despite political turbulence at home.

Euronews

The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut

Without a reckoning about the epic strategic error of leaving the EU, there is no serious debate about the country’s future place in the world, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to face Commons grilling as Streeting plans resignation speech

Sir Keir will take questions from MPs while ex-cabinet minister Wes Streeting is expected to make a resignation speech.

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John Healey says Labour infighting puts government’s credibility at risk

Defence secretary say party has turned in on itself in thinly veiled criticism of Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK

Delusional, desperate and mostly called David, Brexiters gather to lament the Great Betrayal

The Freedom Association’s Brexit Unleashed conference in Westminster was largely untroubled by reality

The Guardian - UK

Senior figures in Blue Labour turn on Burnham over Brexit

Maurice Glasman, founder of the influential Blue Labour movement, has offered his backing to home secretary Shabana Mahmood as the party’s next leader

The Independent UK

Stop the anonymous briefings and show respect, two ministers tell Labour MPs

Yvette Cooper and Jonathan Reynolds urge colleagues to support each other and remember ‘who we’re here to serve’

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour's Makerfield by-election candidate as he eyes party leadership

New polling suggests the Mayor of Greater Manchester would beat Sir Keir Starmer in a head-to-head Labour leadership fight

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan backs Starmer as he warns Labour rebels against leadership contest

Mayor of London tells The Independent Labour must ‘change the pace of delivery’ from now on

The Independent UK

Inside the dirty tricks campaigns trying to stop Andy Burnham in race for No 10

NEWS ANALYSIS: As the phantom leadership contest rumbles on ahead of a by-election in Makerfield, political editor David Maddox looks at the dirty tricks campaigns being unleashed by Labour MPs to stop Andy Burnham making it into No 10

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Why Andy Burnham’s opponents have branded him a ‘human shopping trolley’

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Streeting will expose ‘human shopping trolley’ Burnham, say allies of ex-health secretary

Exclusive: Burnham has faced criticism for backtracking on his stance on Brexit and economic policies

Evening Standard

Starmer chairs Cabinet as Burnham promises ‘new path’ for the country

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the Makerfield by-election was ‘the most consequential of our lives’.

The Independent UK

Voices: What on earth does Keir Starmer have to laugh about?

COMMENT: In photo after photo, the prime minister has never looked happier – but trust me, I know exactly how hard it is to look chipper when you’re at your most miserable, says Cleo Watson

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Andy Burnham would beat Keir Starmer in leadership contest, new poll reveals

The prime minister has vowed to fight any future leadership challenge despite calls to resign

The Independent UK

UK won’t have ‘tailor-made’ deal to rejoin EU, former officials warn as Labour reopens Brexit debate

Labour leadership candidates have renewed debates on Brexit in recent days

The Guardian - UK

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

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 Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

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