Deputy PM says the public will not forgive weeks of internal debate on the EU and Labour leadership, warning it will play into Reform’s hands
A reader asks:
Would Burnham be required to resign the post of mayor to fight a byelection. Or only in the event of winning one?
The mayor of a strategic authority – as exists in Greater Manchester – may stand as a candidate in a parliamentary election and be elected as an MP.
There is no legal requirement for the mayor of a strategic authority to resign in order to be a candidate in a parliamentary election.
Rayner’s team was contacted by No 10 on Thursday after Streeting left the government with an extraordinary resignation letter in which he condemned the prime minister’s lack of vision and the “drift” of his government …
Starmer has repeatedly said that he wanted her to return to his cabinet and the settling of her dispute with HMRC clears a path back to frontline politics.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-05-18 09:55:00
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