A Labour MP loyal to Sir Keir Starmer has nominated a rebel backbencher to lead the party instead of Andy Burnham.

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Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the frontrunner. If no rival emerges, he could become PM this month.

The Makerfield MP is set for the Labour leadership after most party-linked unions said they would back him.

Burnham is set to be formally confirmed as Labour leader on Friday after becoming the only candidate to secure the required nominations, ending a leadership contest before it bega

To compete for party leader and prime minister, though, Burnham needed a parliamentary seat. Unfortunately for him, Starmer knew this too, and successfully blocked him from running in a special election in a different Manchester-area constituency in February.

He has been interim leader since Eluned Morgan quit in the wake of Labour's Senedd election defeat.

A Progressive Labour Party MP said that the “time is right” as she announced her bid to become deputy leader yesterday. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors, said that