The Papers: 'Burnham plans to return' and 'Four weeks from crunch'
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'Burnham plans to return' and 'Four weeks from crunch'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleFormer Labour MP and cabinet minister Andy Burnham could return to Westminster "in weeks", the Guardian reports. The mayor of Greater Manchester is "expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government", the paper writes, after he "was blocked by Labour's ruling body from running in the Gorton and Denton byelection in February".Health Secretary Wes Streeting is "primed to challenge" the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, the Daily Telegraph reports. It says he "has recruited more than 81 MPs – the minimum required to trigger a leadership election – and is now contemplating a move". The prime minister was "alerted to Mr Streeting's intentions when a Downing Street staff member was accidentally texted details of his bid", the paper writes.Warnings that social media is fuelling an "epidemic" of antisemitism leads the Times. It quotes the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, who says "British Jews face greatest ever threat" and describes police officers who attended the scene of the Golders Green attack as "heroes". "Security services blame US president and Netanyahu's Middle East wars" for the "increased threat to British Jews", the Independent writes. The Metropolitan Police "needs 300 more officers to tackle the 'pandemic' of antisemitism", it reports.The FT Weekend leads with "oil market four weeks from crunch", as "reserves dwindle" and "price escalation looms". Traders warn the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz "reduces global stockpiles below critical levels", the paper says, as markets begin to "price in the chances of a much longer conflict"."Fishing boats may be forced to stay in port amid soaring fuel bills,&...





