Sir Keir Starmer was welcomed to the Labour Party conference on Saturday night with the news that leadership rival Andy Burnham leads him by a 50 points in the polls.

Andy Burnham says MPs are privately urging him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, fuelling speculation he could be seeking a Westminster return.

The Prime Minister dismissed the 'personal ambitions' of the Greater Manchester mayor as he also swiped at Andy Burnham's economic agenda.

Party infighting and speculation over the future of prime minister Keir Starmer is expected to dominate event in Liverpool

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Sir Keir Starmer was welcomed to the Labour Party conference on Saturday night with the news that leadership rival Andy Burnham leads him by a 50 points in the polls.

It came as fresh polling showed Sir Keir Starmer is the least popular prime minister on record

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Steve Rotheram stressed 'we have a PM at the moment' and 'we are supporting' Keir Starmer.

With Andy Burnham and left-wing Labour rebels threatening to oust him on one side and Nigel Farage taking Labour voters away on the other, Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool as a…

The Greater Manchester mayor, who has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the PM, did nothing to dampen down speculation about his ambitions.

His comments come after the PM compared the Greater Manchester mayor to Liz Truss

The red-on-red attack shows how far relations have deteriorated between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer’s camp

The Greater Manchester mayor offered his backing to Sir Keir despite having previously fuelled speculation he was poised to mount a Labour leadership challenge.

Having led Labour to victory last year, the premier is struggling to build trust with his voters.