David Lammy on Sky News, insisting Starmer has no plans to leave Number 10:
“Let me be really clear. Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life. I spoke to him twice yesterday, he has a strength of character, a fighting experience. There will no timetables. What there is, is getting on with the business of government. Really crystal clear about that. At the moment, there is no contest. What there is, is his determination to deliver for the British people. Accelerate the pace over the coming months… there will be no timetable for departure, no.”
Not that it matters. Burnham and Streeting are already acting like he’s been handed his P45...
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”