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5. Why did Andy Burnham pick John Healey?

21.07.2026 20

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4. Andy Burnham: this will be a “circuit breaker” for Britain

20.07.2026 20

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4. Andy Burnham: This is the biggest political change in 40 years

17.07.2026 10

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5. Man arrested over Ann Widdecombe death

10.07.2026 30

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5. Four things we learned from PMQs

08.07.2026 30

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4. Nigel Farage resigns, triggering Clacton by-election

07.07.2026 40

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4. Will Nigel Farage be forced to fight a by-election?

06.07.2026 30

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3. Who will be Labour’s next general secretary?

04.07.2026 50

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4. Five things we learned from Morgan McSweeney’s first interview

03.07.2026 40

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4. Keir Starmer’s closest Cabinet ally backs Andy Burnham

01.07.2026 20

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5. Can James Purnell do a better job than Morgan McSweeney?

25.06.2026 40

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Burnham’s supporters are still nervous

24.06.2026 50

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2. The timeline: How Starmer lost control

22.06.2026 30

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2. Keir Starmer resigns

22.06.2026 30

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1. Andy Burnham wins big in Makerfield

19.06.2026 40

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2. What will happen in a Manchester mayoral by-election?

18.06.2026 30

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Wes Streeting: I’m a career politician. I think it’s a strength

18.06.2026 20

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5. Wes Streeting on Keir Starmer’s “poor leadership, poor judgement and bad politics”

12.06.2026 30

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3. Starmer in crisis as second minister resigns

11.06.2026 20

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5. Andy Burnham: If I win, I will run to be Labour leader and PM

04.06.2026 20

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Peter Mandelson could not solve Labour’s woes

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03.06.2026 20

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Peter Mandelson could not solve Labour’s woes

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03.06.2026 20

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Would a new PM scrap Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms?

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21.05.2026 20

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Andy Burnham has a seat (almost)

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14.05.2026 30

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Wes Streeting resigns with excoriating letter to Starmer

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14.05.2026 50

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Does Wes Streeting have the numbers?

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14.05.2026 30

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4. It’s not over yet for Starmer

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14.05.2026 40

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5. Keir Starmer fights for his political life

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12.05.2026 30

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Catherine West backs down

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11.05.2026 30

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Angela Rayner: Labour isn’t working

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10.05.2026 40

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Will there be a Labour leadership election?

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10.05.2026 30

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4. Is Wes Streeting safer than we thought?

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10.05.2026 30

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4. Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown return to government

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10.05.2026 40

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Catherine West: I’ve been inundated with support from MPs and could go all the way

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09.05.2026 40

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Catherine West: I’ve been inundated with support from MPs and could go all the way

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09.05.2026 30

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Labour MP to challenge Keir Starmer for leadership

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09.05.2026 30

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Has Kemi Badenoch lost touch with reality?

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08.05.2026 30

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Labour’s post-mortem debate begins

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08.05.2026 30

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2. Labour and the Greens need to work together

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08.05.2026 30

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In Scotland, Anas Sarwar faces a reckoning

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06.05.2026 30

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3. Labour’s avoidable mistake in the May elections

06.05.2026 20

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4. Reform UK doesn’t like you

05.05.2026 30

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Hamish Falconer: Reform knows I’m hard to beat

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02.05.2026 30

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4. Lame-duck prime ministers rarely last long

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02.05.2026 40

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4. Starmer relies on fed-up but not mutinous MPs

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29.04.2026 40

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Seven things we learnt from Morgan McSweeney’s committee grilling

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28.04.2026 40

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Seven things we learnt from Morgan McSweeney’s committee grilling

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28.04.2026 30

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4. Keir Starmer will not go gently

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28.04.2026 30

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4. The Raynerites and Burnhamites have united

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23.04.2026 40

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The Mandelson Affair is stripping this government bare

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22.04.2026 30

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