Labour MPs today lined up to kiss the feet of their new king and Britain’s inevitable next prime minister, Andy Burnham. Nominations from the Parliamentary Labour party to take over from Sir Keir Starmer opened this morning, with Burnham confirming in a social media video that his expected coronation is ‘starting to feel very real’.

When it comes to the crunch issues of slashing the welfare bill and cracking down on immigration, there is only so much group therapy that some MPs can take before they descend into another heated spat

When it comes to the crunch issues of slashing the welfare bill and cracking down on immigration, there is only so much group therapy that some MPs can take before they descend into another heated spat

Backbenchers from across the PLP posted pictures of themselves pledging........

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