Dr Andrew Harding

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The cabinet ministers urging Keir Starmer to consider setting out an orderly timetable for his resignation include the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband - so holders of two of the great offices of state and a former Labour leader. Tomorrow’s cabinet meeting will be more than usually consequential. His allies tell me he can and will resist the pressure to quit. Quite the game of chicken.

That was a waste of an interview of @TiceRichard by @bbclaurak. Questions that were asked before the election and being repeated now about eg the donation to Nigel didn't concern voters who gave us nearly 1,500 gains. The BBC needs to move on.

"We have internal party processes to look at whether people have said or done the wrong thing” Reform UK’s Richard Tice defends his party after a council candidate who said Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes was elected #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…

Labour in chaos tonight: state of play — Catherine West’s stalking horse challenge is being seen as a lone wolf effort BUT it appears designed to benefit either Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner and damages Andy Burnham’s chances of becoming PM. — As Bloomberg reported last night the Ed Miliband / Lou Haigh / Tribune faction wants “delay then Andy,” putting off a contest until Burnham is in Parliament. They favour him to Rayner. — But the big flaw in this plan is it may incentivise Streeting and Rayner to move now before Burnham is in. All eyes are on whether Streeting and Rayner will go over the top in the coming days, perhaps after Keir Starmer’s Monday speech, which will surely never be able to meet the demands of Labour MPs. — There is panic in the Burnham-Miliband-Haigh camp that West’s move could trigger a contest next week and hand the keys to Downing Street to either Rayner or Streeting, with Burnham excluded. — No doubt there are 80+ MPs who want to get rid of Starmer. If West can build some momentum and get close to that it would force Streeting and Rayner and maybe others to move and make a contest happen now. — The hope of Starmer and Burnham supporters is that most MPs will think West has not thought this through and will not want to be associated with her somewhat eccentric move. Essentially that she is the Labour version of Rehman Chishti or Adam Afriyie. One factor the other camps are weighing up is what if a more credible stalking horse joins the fray to try to get to 80 and force a contest. — Clearly this will be the subject of intense deliberation in the Streeting and Rayner camps this weekend as they work out whether to go over the top and how to respond to Starmer’s speech next week. — Where does it leave Burnham? He is now in a big rush to find an MP who will step down and trigger a by-election so he can have his fight with Starmer at the NEC and prove to MPs that they should wait for him. Could we see a move on that front in the coming days? — Ironically supporters of Starmer and supporters of Burnham both want a similar thing right now: to put off a challenge next week. Labour MPs who probably overall favour Burnham might end up with a contest where he isn’t on the ballot. The Labour Party is in total chaos tonight.

Such a crap take and what’s more disappointing is that I really didn’t expect to hear this nonsense from Lineker. He’s the most high profile person we have to represent us and he’s choosing this narrative.

Housing is a key determinant of health, but is the ‘wobbly pillar’ of the welfare state & is rarely taken seriously in health policy. Published today, here we outline how housing conditions are shaped by tenure, regional disparity, ageing population & economic decision making