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With a difficult set of May elections approaching, Labour under threat from both the Green Party and Reform, and Keir Starmer’s popularity in freefall, can he survive as leader of the Labour party?
Dirty financial dealings between the deceased sex trafficker and Labour’s “Prince of Darkness” have thrown the party into turmoil.
Nigel Farage is giving a Reform UK press conference today as Sir Keir Starmer faces a crisis over Lord Mandelson. The Reform leader has unveiled his party's five-point plan to "save Britain’s pubs and reverse the damage inflicted by the Tories and now Labour".
Mandelson-Epstein latest: ‘It’s over’ for Starmer, warn Labour MPs as anger grows over handling of scandal - Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is one of many Labour backbenchers to rally agai
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Any survival hope for PM meant shutting Burnham out - but Starmer and his team can't predict what comes next
It has been a frenzied 48 hours of Labour leadership speculation after Andy Burnham tried to throw his hat in the ring for a return to parliament.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has been told that it will not be given time in Parliament to reform the benefits system until next year at the earliest
The Prime Minister has been accused of blocking efforts to cut the soaring benefits bill, but the Government insists work is continuing.