The Papers: 'Burnham plans to return' and 'Four weeks from crunch'

Labour grandee Andy Burnham "plans to return to Westminster" and oil crunch looms lead Saturday's papers.

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

Leadership options in focus amid fears over election losses, with allies of Greater Manchester mayor stepping up preparations for a comeback • Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say When the eyes of Westminster were on the committee rooms and voting lobbies of parliament this week, Keir Starmer’s political future was being decided elsewhere. Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner were buttering up Labour MPs in the Commons Strangers’ bar as colleagues spoke of thei...

By Josh Halliday and Jessica Elgot

Andy Burnham planning return to Westminster ‘within weeks to challenge Starmer for Labour leadership’

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester has reportedly identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside, triggering a by-election which could pave the way for his return to Parliament

By David Lynch

Chris Selley: Canadian politicians should watch Keir Starmer’s defence of British Jews

Flat platitudes like ‘there is no place for this in Canada,’ are demonstrably not getting the job done

By Chris Selley

US to ‘close its flagship Gaza mission’

TEL AVIV: A US military-run body near Gaza that critics say failed in its mission to monitor the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boost aid flows to besieged Palestinians is set to be shut by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The closing of the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in Israel would mark the latest blow to President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, already undermined by repeated Israeli attacks since the October truce. Diplomats said the move, which...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

UK’s Labour Friends of Morocco Profiles Its Key Figures and Leadership

Labour Friends of Morocco is a relatively new political group working to build closer ties between the United Kingdom and Morocco. The post UK’s Labour Friends of Morocco Profiles Its Key Figures and Leadership appeared first on Morocco World News.

By Oumaima Moho Amer