Burnham says MPs are privately urging him to challenge Starmer for Labour leadership
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#709WV)
Greater Manchester mayor accuses Downing Street of creating a climate of fear' and says wholesale change is required
Andy Burnham has said Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer to become prime minister but any such move would have to be more than a personality contest".
In an intervention likely to increase speculation that he is seeking a return to Westminster, Burnham accused Downing Street of creating a climate of fear" and spreading alienation and demoralisation" among MPs.
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