The fight for a seat in Andy Burnham’s cabinet has already kicked off, with allies of rival contenders manoeuvring for the most senior jobs before the would-be prime minister even has the keys to No 10.
Burnham was sworn in as the new MP for Makerfield on Monday, just hours after Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Prime Minister with an emotional Downing Street statement.
He is now seen as the clear favourite to succeed Starmer and is widely expected to enter No 10 by mid-July if no other leadership contenders come forward to trigger a race.
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With this in mind, attention at Westminster has duly turned to who would sit around his Cabinet table – and who would be cast out.
