Veteran politician Andy Burnham has taken another step towards becoming the UK’s next prime minister, after the majority of Labour MPs nominated him to replace Keir Starmer. The 56-year-old’s Labour leadership bid was backed by 322 Labour MPs on Thursday and he remains the only person to publicly declare themselves a candidate to replace Starmer, who announced he was quitting last month. Burnham appeared on course to be crowned Labour leader unchallenged on the first day of nominations. If Burnham reaches at least 323 nominations then it would no longer be mathematically possible for another challenger to get the 81…

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