Pressure is intensifying on Keir Starmer after Andy Burnham was given a route back to parliament

Keir Starmer’s grip on power appears more perilous after Andy Burnham unveiled a dramatic route back to Parliament and Wes Streeting quit the government

After days of upheaval, an official leadership challenge is on the cards, with the mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, making another bid to return to Westminster as an MP.

Pressure is intensifying on Keir Starmer after Andy Burnham was given a route back to parliament

Housing secretary Steve Reed says no one has numbers for challenge and Labour should row in behind prime minister