Andy Burnham calls for Labour with Starmer unity amidst Mandelson scandal

Keir Starmer has bowed to party demands to take Labour further to the left, a senior minister suggested today - as rival Andy Burnham presented the PM with his own alternative manifesto for power. He is the latest top Labour figure to suggest the party is to alter tack as Sir Keir faces clarion calls to step down amid a major row over former US ambassador Peter Mandelson and his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.