Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/5 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty View image in fullscreen Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty ExplainerWhat would potential Labour leadership candidates do differently to Starmer?We look at the stances on key issues of Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband Wes Streeting’s resignation as health secretary, and the resignation of former minister Josh Simons as an MP to clear a path for Andy Burnham to return to parliament, has brought the prospect of a Labour leadership race one step closer, even if he has not triggered a contest himself.Almost every critic of Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of not being sufficiently “bold” in his policy choices. But what would his possible replacements actually do differently?1. Andy Burnham View image in fullscreen Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty ImagesThe Greater Manchester mayor has had nearly a decade to show what he can do with power, and now calls his political philosophy “Manchesterism”. Now he has a path to bring that approach to Westminster.His signature policy has been to take the city’s buses under public control and link them with trams to form an integrated transport network known as the Bee Network…
Published: May 14, 2026 5:13 pm
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