Senior Cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, have vowed not to resign over the weekend if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election.
The Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is also resolved to stay in her post if the Greater Manchester Mayor triumphs in Thursday’s vote, The i Paper understands.
Sources close to all three ministers – who have been linked to big jobs in the Cabinet if Burnham takes over from Sir Keir Starmer – said they had no plans to quit.
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If Burnham is named as the Makerfield victor in the early hours of Friday, he is expected in the first instance to privately urge Starmer to set out a timetable for standing down as prime minister.
