Senior Cabinet ministers, including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, have vowed not to resign over the weekend in the wake of the Makerfield by-election.
Andy Burnham’s victory in Makerfield, where he beat Reform’s Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes, has seen suggestions Cabinet allies of Burnham could resign if Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer refuses to set out a timetable for his departure in order to make way for the former Greater Manchester Mayor.
The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, has also resolved to stay in her post regardless of the result, 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 ahead of Burnham’s triumph.
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