Labour big beasts are frantically jockeying for spots on Andy Burnham's top team as he closes in on No10.Behind-the-scenes lobbying has been ramping up with a focus on who will get the prized roles in Cabinet.Angela Rayner made a bold pitch for a comeback this morning, talking up her record on social housing - a pet interest of Mr Burnham - and calling for more generous welfare. Current Chancellor Rachel Reeves made an awkward appearance in Mr Burnham's 'mass selfie' with Labour MPs yesterday, but has seemingly failed to persuade him to keep her on. Instead Ed Miliband is believed to be pushing for her job, with Left-wing MPs enthusiastically making his case. However, unions are alarmed at the prospect of him taking his hardline Net Zero approach to the Treasury, and the former party leader's economic views are regarded as 'Soviet'.Wes Streeting is another option being considered by Mr Burnham's team, after the former health secretary dropped his own challenge to Sir Keir and fell in behind the overwhelming favourite. Labour big beasts are frantically jockeying for spots on Andy Burnham's top team as he closes in on No10 Angela Rayner made a bold pitch this morning, talking up her record on social housing - a pet interest of Mr Burnham - and calling for more generous welfare Ed Miliband is believed to be pushing for the Chancellor job, with Left-wing MPs enthusiastically making his case Rachel Reeves made an awkward appearance in Mr Burnham's 'mass selfie' yesterday, but has seemingly failed to persuade him to keep her onBut the Blairite would be anathema to some on the Left who have been Mr Burnham's biggest champions. Other names touted include Yvette Cooper, who would be seen as a centrist choice, and Shabana Mahmood - although she is thought to want to stay as Home Secretary.Angela Rayner is also expected to make a return to the Cabinet. The former deputy PM underlined her Left-wing credentials this morning with an impassioned plea for more welfare at the Social Mobility Symposium.Ms Rayner said those on benefits were 'not lazy people on the dole, they're working families who cant keep up'.'If you're working full time you should be able to pay your energy bill, do the weekly shop and maybe even afford a little holiday at the end of the year,' she said.She praised the Labour Government's move to lift the two-child benefit cap, adding: 'That's not something we should be shy about. It's not something that we should hide away from. We should have the courage to say that those are our values and we stand by them.'Ms Rayner said she would welcome a debate about how to enable social mobility, and that people 'might disagree on how we get there,' but that 'from my life experience, I can say that it was tax credits that helped me when I was that single mum in 1999 on that Bridgehall estate.'She also cited 'intervention that gave us a council house, free adult education that allowed me to go back into school when I left with no pass rates on my GCSEs, the Sure Start centre that helped me to change that poverty link that had plagued my family for generations, the NHS'.Ms Rayner insisted she had 'dug my heels in' over funding for social housing while she was in Government. Mr Burnham has previously backed investment in council housing and called for private rent controls. Mr Burnham's operation has been gearing up after he was officially sworn in as an MP yesterday, and Keir Starmer announced his resignation.In a sign of the huge support he now enjoys in the Parliamentary Party, hundreds of Labour colleagues joined him for a 'mass selfie' in Westminster Hall. It is looking increasingly unlikely that any rival will secure the 81 nominations from MPs needed to force a full contest. That means Mr Burnham could take over from Sir Keir as early as July 17. But some Labour moderates fear that his administration will be a 's***show' and Left-wingers are already turning it into a 'circus'. One Labour veteran told the Daily Mail: 'If they appoint Ed even I'm voting Reform. He's electorally toxic.' Mr Burnham will begin to set out his policy platform next week, pledging economic growth and a commitment to Labour's existing fiscal rules in a speech.Allies have insisted no Cabinet jobs had been offered and no deals had been made as of last night.Josh Simons, former MP for Makerfield who sacrificed his job to clear the way for Mr Burnham's return, is widely expected to become his chief of staff.And multiple sources have suggested Louise Haigh is on course to become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Multiple sources have suggested that Louise Haigh is on course to become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster