"Is Miatta Fahnbulleh the brains behind Burnham?" asks the New Statesman this week, even coining the term "Fahnbullehism". No, says Charlotte Gill: it's the brains behind Fahnbulleh that we need to be looking at.

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Angela Rayner has been burnishing her Left-wing credentials this morning with a call for a hike in benefits as she joined other Labour big beasts in bidding to join Andy Burnham's top team.

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Allies of Sir Keir Starmer believe he is preparing to step down as he realises the "game is up" after facing an evaporation of support over the weekend.

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Keir Starmer has been given 72 hours to quit with "dignity" or face a full-blown coup following Andy Burnham's by-election landslide as the challenger plots a Left-wing "path for Britain".

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Andy Burnham has won Makerfield – and the bond market is watching closely. Gilt yields surged when his name was first floated as leader, and they have already climbed even higher as he closes in on Number 10.

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Sir Keir Starmer is braced for Ed Miliband to resign next week as part of a co-ordinated coup to force him out should he refuse to make way for an Andy Burnham coronation.

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A woman who says she was raped in a Greater Manchester Police cell claims Andy Burnham sent her from pillar to post and has dismissed his inquiry as a PR stunt.

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Can anyone or anything stop Andy Burnham becoming PM now, asks Mark Littlewood in his latest Political Betting column as he contemplates breaking his usual rule and taking the 2/5 odds-on bet.

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Firefighters in Manchester have been warned over support for Reform UK – and Andy Burnham is the Fire Commissioner. The Free Speech Union has written to him, demanding an explanation.

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