Andy Burnham Gains Path to Parliament and Potential Labour Leadership

Andy Burnham now has a potential route back to parliament and a chance to become Labour’s next leader after an MP said he would trigger a byelection by standing down from his seat. [...] Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader, is expected to tell the FBU conference on Friday that the election results had been “deeply painful and difficult” but that the aftermath has been “unedifying”. [...] Burnham’s announcement came hours after Streeting, his most likely rival for the leadership, quit as health secretary and called for the prime minister to resign.