Labour MPs beg Andy Burnham not to make Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband the next Chancellor: Business leaders and even unions warn his high tax and green obsessions are toxic ⊖⊖
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Andy Burnham has been warned against making Ed Miliband his Chancellor should he become prime minister - or risk his premiership being 'over before it's begun'.
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: I have proof Labour's tax assault is killing aspiration. They're heaping taxes on the productive while handing out benefits like confetti - and it's strivers like YOU who bear the brunt ○
Labour's relentless tax assault on workers, small businesses, wealth creators and personal wealth is making it nigh on impossible for the UK economy to move forward.
Burnham allies confident of No 10 ‘coronation’ after surge in backers ⊕⊕
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Some Labour MPs still want former mayor to face the ‘scrutiny’ of ideas through a contested leadership contest
Allies of Andy Burnham are increasingly confident of a coronation-style transfer of power…
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'Act like grown-ups!': Streeting ally demands ex-health secretary takes part in talks with Starmer and Burnham over Labour's leadership crisis - but could he be bought off with a top job? ○
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Jess Phillips, a former Home Office minister, called on the three men to 'act like grown-ups' amid the party's civil war over who should be prime minister.
Reform investigates whether Makerfield candidate’s sexist posts were costly ⊕
Nigel Farage admits result was ‘disappointing’ after party hoped for tightly fought battle with Burnham
Andy Burnham wins by huge majority
Reform UK is examining whether sexist comments by its candidat…
Pressure grows on Starmer to step aside for Burnham – UK politics live ⊕
Ministers say PM faces being forced out by party if he does not act, with one calling his departure inevitable
Cabinet loyalists tell Starmer he has the weekend to set out timetable for exit
‘Within 10…
ALEX BRUMMER: Burnham needs to back enterprise for a fresh start ⊕
Despite £75billion of tax increases since July 2024, when Labour was elected, public finances are on a knife edge.
Andy Burnham has shown that he can win. But can he govern Britain? | Gaby Hinsliff ⊕⊕
Having literally campaigned in poetry, the new Makerfield MP needs a summer of knuckling down to the small print
By the end, it had become less a byelection, more a mythical quest. Whoever could draw …
How Andy Burnham's by-election win could derail Man United's £2bn stadium plans: Why new major could cut funding, the knock-on effect for disputed land next to Old Trafford and why 'regeneration' could become a sticking point ⊕
Andy Burnham's by-election win may have given him a chance to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, but it also means that he has to step down as Mayor of Greater Manchester.
The POLITICO Poll: Even Andy Burnham will struggle to save Labour ⊕
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Research from Public First finds Burnham is Labour’s best hope to take on Nigel Farage — but a coalition may be the most he can deliver.