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Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals
UK NewsPolitics•May 21, 2026 at 6:49 PMNational

Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals

By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor•The Guardian - UK News

Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bindThe Labour party seems to have inhabited three parallel worlds over the past fortnight.There is a prime minister celebrating good news on the economy and lower migration figures and breezily insisting he will fight the next election, but with his party intent on deposing him. Continue reading...

Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bind

The Labour party seems to have inhabited three parallel worlds over the past fortnight.

There is a prime minister celebrating good news on the economy and lower migration figures and breezily insisting he will fight the next election, but with his party intent on deposing him.

Continue reading...