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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T06:19:26.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would smash Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting in a Labour leadership contest, a new poll has revealed.\n\nPolling conducted by YouGov found 47 per cent of party members named Mr Burnham as their first choice candidate for Labour leader.\n\nMr Burnham, who is hoping to win a by-election in Makerfield on June 18, also opened up considerable leads in head-to-head contests.\n\nThe Greater Manchester Mayor would defeat the Prime Minister by a margin of 59 per cent to 37 per cent.\n\nThe so-called \"King of the North\" is also more popular than Mr Streeting, opening up a 70-point lead over the ex-Health Secretary.\n\nMr Streeting, who announced on Saturday his intention to stand in a leadership contest, also struggled against both Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband among Labour members.\n\n_**_FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY…_**_\n\n### Yvette Cooper to warn world ‘sleepwalking into food crisis’ over Iran conflict upheaval\n\n\n\n\nForeign Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to warn the world is \"sleepwalking into a global food crisis\" following the upheaval driven by the Iran conflict.\n\nMs Cooper will sound the alarm over the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz this morning, pointing out the crisis has disrupted the worldwide distribution of fertilisers.\n\nAs a result, some 45 million people are at risk of falling into acute food insecurity if the war is not resolved by the middle of the year.\n\nMs Cooper will advise the reopening of the strait to dodge the looming crisis to allow fertiliser through the key maritime passageway.\n\n**_READ THE FULL WRITE-UP HERE._**\n\n\n### Labour leadership chaos could 'cost British families £300 each’\n\n\n\n\nThe Labour leadership contest has already cost British families £300 each, the Tories have warned.\n\nShadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride will say taxpayers face a \"Burnham penalty\" after Sir Keir Starmer's position as Labour leader has been thrown into doubt.\n\nChaos and speculation around Downing Street - after a pathway for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to return to Parliament was opened - has been reflected in the bond markets.\n\nGilt yields, effectively the interest rate on government borrowing, have increased since Labour's poor local election results and movement from potential leadership challengers such as Mr Burnham and former Health Secretary Wes Streeting.\n\n**_READ THE FULL STORY HERE._**\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Andy Burnham would smash Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting in Labour leadership contest, poll shows"
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