According to BBC News, some Labour MPs are exploring how they might force a formal leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Labour party rules allow a contest if a threshold number of sitting MPs support it. Among potential alternative candidates being discussed: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former shadow cabinet member. Such a challenge would face considerable obstacles, as sitting prime ministers typically retain substantial support within their own parliamentary party.

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