After winning Makerfield, Burnham is the sole declared candidate to succeed caretaker PM Starmer
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Two defence resignations on 11 June reframe the collapse as policy-driven, not just poll panic
Less than two years after a landslide, Keir Starmer resigns amid Reform UK's surge; Andy Burnham is the frontrunner