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Express Politics15 May 2026

Labour MP issues Andy Burnham grim Reform warning as 'King in the North' plots path to PM

EXCLUSIVE: The Mayor of Manchester announced that he is going to try once again to become an MP.

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The Guardian Politics15 May 2026

Starmer ally admits prime minister is ‘unpopular’ but warns of ‘chaos’ if leadership contest triggered – UK politics live

Pressure is intensifying on Keir Starmer after Andy Burnham was given a route back to parliament Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Housing secretary Steve Reed has been on the media round this morning urging Labour colleagues to put the “country first, party second”, even as he admits Keir Starmer is “unpopular”. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics15 May 2026

Starmer loyalist warns against ‘copying Tories’ but admits PM is unpopular

Housing secretary Steve Reed says no one has numbers for challenge and Labour should row in behind prime minister One of Keir Starmer’s closest allies in the cabinet has conceded that the prime minister is “unpopular” but has insisted Labour should not repeat the same pattern of changing leaders that damaged the Conservatives. The housing secretary, Steve Reed, one of Starmer’s most loyal ministers and staunch defenders, told broadcasters on Friday that no one had the numbers to challenge him an

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Jessaline Caine: Kemi was right to clobber the Tory source of some Worcestershire woes

If the Conservative Party becomes an anti-Reform cartel, it will not defeat Reform. It will vindicate it. Worcestershire should be treated as a warning, not a model. And on that, Kemi was right to draw the line The post Jessaline Caine: Kemi was right to clobber the Tory source of some Worcestershire woes appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics15 May 2026

Farage bets on Reform election victory within 12 months: 'this mob won't last three years'

Nigel Farage has predicted a Reform UK election victory within 12 months, warning that a coming economic crash will sweep Labour from power.

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BBC Politics14 May 2026

Farage says £5m gift a reward for Brexit campaigning

The Reform UK leader, who is facing a Commons standards probe, said he "cannot be bought by anybody".

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Nigel Farage now says £5m from crypto billionaire was ‘reward’ for Brexit push

Reform UK leader offers new explanation for gift, which is under investigation, having first said it was for his security UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has provided a new explanation for why he accepted a £5m gift from a Reform UK donor in the weeks before he announced he would stand in the last general election. In an interview on Thursday, Farage said the money was a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit. Previously, he had said the gift was given for security purposes, to kee

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Now former health secretary and Manchester mayor could be about to make an unlikely deal to oust Keir Starmer Who said the Labour party needs “a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism … It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates”? Until this morning, almost everyone would have attributed those words to Andy Burnham, the mayor or Greater Manchester. But those were the closing paragraphs of the former health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation l

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BBC Politics14 May 2026

Angela Rayner: Labour's working-class warrior who is once again a power player

Her against-the-odds story and personality would make her a formidable opponent in any Labour leadership contest.

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Express Politics14 May 2026

Labour leadership chaos 'is damaging the economy'

Conservatives, business leaders and Chancellor Rachel Reeves all warn that political turmoil is bad for the economy

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Guido Fawkes14 May 2026

Stalking Horse Catherine West: Starmer Has ‘Excellent Credentials’ and Should Defend Leadership in Contest

Catherine West – who kicked off the Rickety Coup by collecting MP names and demanding a leadership contest – on The World at One has suggested she would vote for Keir Starmer in a leadership contest: “What I would like to see is the honest conversation and people coming forward, including the Prime Minister if…

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The Guardian Politics14 May 2026

Leadership rules should ‘not be tweaked’ to let Burnham run for PM, Labour NEC member says

Burnham’s backers understood to be lobbying Labour’s NEC who warn against Wes Streeting ‘coronation’ UK politics live – latest updates The rules governing Labour party leadership contests should “not be tweaked” to allow Andy Burnham to run, a member of the party’s National Executive Committee has said. With the health secretary preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer on Thursday, if he can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest, allies of Burnham have wa

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