Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism
The Manchester mayor has launched his bid to return to parliament
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
Wes Streeting reopens the Brexit box
The leadership contest has put the EU question back on the table – but to what end?
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The Labour Party is dead, and Starmer has killed it
Any progressive new leader will face the task of reviving a corpse
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How to stop Reform
Jeremy Corbyn, Gary Stevenson, Suzanne Moore, Zack Polanski and others reflect on Nigel Farage’s surging party
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Labour’s “horrible but necessary” week
The news that Andy Burnham found a seat to stand in shook Labour out of its leadership deadlock
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Don’t underestimate Labour’s dark horses
The rules of leadership contests are strange, and can be decisive
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Does Wes Streeting have the numbers?
He seems to be struggling to get the support he needs to challenge the PM
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Angela Rayner is cleared as Westminster waits on Streeting
Good economic news for Rachel Reeves has been overshadowed by leadership manoeuvres
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Labour’s Reform defectors are never coming back
After years of neglecting progressives, the party must learn there is no such thing as a “hero voter”.
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It’s not over yet for Starmer
The Prime Minister is safe for now – but even supportive unions have lost faith
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Never-ending chaos
Inside the two dramatic days that nearly brought down Keir Starmer
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How Labour can win again
Working-class voters did not abandon the party – we have forced them to leave
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Labour’s myopic plotters need to grow up
Removing a prime minister requires a serious debate, not this shambles
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Socialism 2026: left-wing Labour MPs want a better party
Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan are gathering MPs around a new socialist platform
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Keir Starmer clings on
There is now a serious effort to remove the Prime Minister from office
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Brexit is back – and it is consuming Labour
Could Labour drive us to rejoin the EU?
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It’s happening
Moves are underway to challenge Keir Starmer’s leadership
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Keir Starmer fights for his political life
Starmer’s fate hinges on one speech and one disgruntled backbench MP
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Labour faces “civil war” to replace Starmer
The Prime Minister is nearly out of luck. But his challengers disagree about what comes next
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Catherine West: I’ve been inundated with support from MPs and could go all the way
The self-described “lone wolf” candidate no longer believes Keir Starmer can stop Nigel Farage
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