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Burnham insists he won't seek to reverse Brexit as he lays out by-election pitch

The prime minister has rejected calls for him to set out a timetable to stand down if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election. Sir Keir Starmer has been under pressure to resign for over a week after Labour was thrashed in the recent elections. Speaking on Monday, he said he was "not going to do that" when asked if he planned to outline his timetable for quitting and said he still planned to "fight the next election." "We’re not at that position, but I’ve said I don’t know how many times that I’m not going to walk away," he told reporters. Earlier on Monday, the Greater Manchester mayor said a vote for him is a "vote to change Labour" as he made his pitch to Makerfield voters. Burnham hopes to be Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, which could provide him with a route back to Parliament to challenge for the party leadership and the keys to No 10. Burnham said Labour’s offer to voters had “simply not been good enough”. In a speech at a northern investment summit in Leeds, he said: “I’m clear about what I am offering. If I get to stand, a vote for me will be a vote to change Labour, because Labour needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust." Burnham also made clear he was “not proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EU”, and warned against re-running the arguments of the Brexit years. He said it was more important to “focus on what we’ve got in common” ahead of the by-election battle in the Leave-voting Makerfield seat. Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary last week, signalled he wanted to see Britain return to the EU as he confirmed on Saturday he would stand in any Labour leadership race.