“There is a lot of death around”, remarked one senior Tory last week. With abortion, and assisted dying, it has not been the cheeriest fortnight in the Commons. But by far the most politically ...

After a week of rising tensions in the Labour Party, anonymous No 10 figures have accused Health Secretary Wes Streeting of ...

Andy Burnham has backed Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party as he attempts to dampen rumours about a potential leadership bid. Asked at a fringe event at the Labour party conference if he ...

Rumors of a leadership challenge last swirled in September, when Andy Burnham – a former MP and the current mayor of Greater Manchester – launched an audacious and abortive attempt at challenging ...

Keir Starmer’s allies sought to avert a leadership challenge by shining a spotlight on the ambitions of a rival for the British prime minister’s job. They may have wound up strengthening the hand of ...

Andy Burnham has said MPs have privately called on him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer to become prime minister. In the Telegraph the Manchester mayor, who is not currently an MP, said he was not ...

Keir Starmer claims his Labour party is “united”. Sir Keir made the somewhat deluded statement - to much amusement - as ...