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What would potential Labour leadership candidates do differently to Starmer?

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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 they actually do differently? 1. Andy Burnham Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images The 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 .…

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