No 10 says Starmer ‘will not walk away’ if Burnham officially enters Labour leadership contest - UK politics live

Downing Street responded after Andy Burnham publicly admitted that he would consider launching a bid to become Labour leader

• ‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election

Conservative MP Harriet Cross also commented on claims from the Trump administration of “two-tier policing” in the UK.

Speaking to Sky News, she said: “I think it’s clearly not helpful when we’ve got enough people within the UK itself concerned about this for other voices to add.