Andy Burnham, favorite to replace Keir Starmer after his resignation, told The Guardian that Labour was too slow to call for a Gaza cease-fire and said his government would consider further sanctions on Israeli figures, institutions and settlement trade

Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel

The Prime Minister-in-waiting said the suffering in Gaza was a 'scar on our collective conscience' and said pressure needed to be ramped up on the Israeli government