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  • Speed or stability? Bond markets strap in for Andy Burnham coronation

    Economics

    City bond traders are strapping in for a “jumpy” ride as Andy Burnham looks set to cruise into Downing Street uncontested – even if a coronation helps head off the worst volatility, analysts have said. The former Manchester Mayor’s bid for the top job won a major boost today as former health secretary Wes Streeting [...]

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  • Streeting backs Burnham as ‘King of the North’ calls for ‘orderly’ transfer of power

    Politics

    Wes Streeting has backed Andy Burnham to become Prime Minister as the former Manchester mayor formally announced his leadership bid.  The former health secretary said Burnham “can win the fight of our lives against the forces of nationalism”.  Streeting said he had spoken “at length” with Burnham and said the former Manchester mayor was “committed [...]

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  • As it happened: How Starmer resigned and when Streeting backed Burnham

    Politics

    Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Prime Minister. The Labour leader said on Monday he “had heard the answer of the parliamentary party” that he was not the right person to lead the party into the next election. He said nominations for a new leader will open on July 9, and if a contest goes ahead, [...]

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  • Nigel Farage calls for General Election after Starmer replacement

    June 22, 2026

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for a general election after Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation today.  In a Substack essay, Farage hit out at Andy Burnham – the likely successor to Starmer – and said that the UK could not “afford to waste another week drifting from crisis to crisis”.  “To men [...]

  • Andy Burnham: being all things to all men will end up letting everyone down

    June 22, 2026

    Andy Burnham has made a series of promises he knows he can’t keep. Either that he does not care, so consumed is he with ambition to be Prime Minister, or that he believes he will somehow find a way to make the circle appear squared and satisfy a broad spectrum of opinion. Indifference or mendacity [...]

  • Starmer resigns as Prime Minister

    June 22, 2026

    Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister less than two years after winning a landslide victory at the 2024 general election. Starmer had faced mounting pressure in recent days after challenger Andy Burnham swept to victory in the Makerfield by-election. In a speech outside Downing Street, the Prime Minister said his position had become [...]

  • Who could be Andy Burnham’s Chancellor? 

    June 22, 2026

    As speculation over the Labour leadership grips Westminster, Maurício Alencar looks at the possible candidates for the next Chancellor – an appointment that will face heavy scrutiny by the markets. Andy Burnham’s journey toward Downing Street so far has featured scores of polls outlining his popularity among Labour members and the public, Labour MPs travelling [...]

  • Brexit 10 years on: Labour’s EU reset deal is ‘no growth strategy’

    June 22, 2026

    The Labour government’s “reset” deal with the EU is not delivering substantial gains on growth, trade specialists and economists have warned on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum’s polling day.  The government’s first deal with the EU struck in May last year, which will be ratified by parliament in a bill over the course of [...]

  • Starmer will resign, Trump says

    June 21, 2026

    Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce his resignation as early as Monday, according to media reports and President Trump, after Andy Burnham’s victory in Makerfield paved the way for his ascent to Downing Street. Starmer will set out timings for his exit in a speech on Monday, The Observer newspaper reported, after his grip [...]

  • ‘No authority’: Starmer under pressure to quit after Burnham wins in Makerfield

    June 20, 2026

    Sir Keir Starmer is facing fresh calls to quit from his own cabinet and a Labour peer after Andy Burnham’s triumph at the Makerfield by-election. Lord Falconer, a former justice secretary under Tony Blair, became the latest Labour figure to call for the Prime Minister to step down, saying he has “absolutely no authority”. Burnham’s [...]

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