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Burnham

42 days ago

Wes Streeting also resigns as health secretary, saying he has lost confidence in Sir Keir's leadership.
Greater Manchester mayor says he wants to contest a by-election and return to Westminster
Andy Burnham targets Westminster return & Wes Streeting resigns

Wes Streeting has quit his cabinet role as health secretary and called on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister after days of speculation. But Streeting did not launch his own challenge to trigger…

Mr Streeting resigned as health secretary and declared he had 'lost confidence' in Sir Keir. But his lengthy departure letter to the PM made no mention of running to replace him.

Greater Manchester mayor would need to win byelection to launch leadership challenge against Starmer

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Andy Burnham now has a route back to parliament after a Greater …

43 days ago

The Greater Manchester mayor needs time to win election to Parliament and become eligible to be prime minister — but the chances of that are fading fast.
In America they call it The Perp Walk. Yesterday, as Wes Streeting strode along Downing Street after his 'coffee' with Starmer, it was clear he had finally made up his mind to go and get his man as w…

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