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Burnham turns on Streeting over ‘coup attempt’
Andy Burnham has turned on Wes Streeting after the Health Secretary was accused of orchestrating a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.
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Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it
Could now former health secretary and Manchester mayor be about to make an unlikely deal to oust Keir Starmer?