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  2. A bearded man wearing glasses, a grey blazer and red turban. He is sat in an indoor market with wooden tables.

  3. Ed Davey a middle aged man holding up his hands with a joyful expression. He is wearing a suit and tie. There is green foliage behind him.

  4. Wes Streeting delivers a keynote address at the Progress annual conference 2026, in London, Britain, May 16, 2026.

  5. A black and white image of a lectern in front of a red background

  6. A split image of Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting

  7. A treated image showing Starmer in black and white on a black background, with an image of Laura Kuenssberg to the side

  8. A light blue rosette pinned on a navy blue suit. The centre of the rosette has the Reform UK logo on it.

  9. Andrew Harrison is wearing a black suit with a dark red tie with a light blue Reform rosette. He has close cropped grey hair.

  10. An election count, with four people standing behind a woman reading out results from a piece of paper. Two men and a woman all wearing red rosettes look disappointed.

  11. A close-up of a phone screen with six social media apps visible: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, X and Reddit.

  12. A row of shops with a road in the centre. A bus stop is on one of the footpaths and there are artistic pink signs reading Wakefield attached to the lamp posts.

  13. Lib Dem Councillor Dan Boatright-Greene is standing outside in the sunshine, wearing a stripy open-necked shirt.

  14. Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

  15. Two Red Arrows jets, travelling in opposite directions, pass each other within a whisker. One aircraft trails blue smoke, the other red smoke.

  16. A composite for Angela Rayner getting out of a car dressed in green trousers, cream blazer and green sunglasses, Andy Burnham jogging with airpods in, a blue sports top, black shorts and orange trainers and Wes Streeting walking in a blue suit, blue shirt and burgundy tie.

  17. Undated handout photo issued by the Counter Terrorism Policing of Petro Pochynok, 35, who is charged alongside Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, over a series of fires in north London last spring.

  18. BBC reporter Alison Freeman stands in Makerfield's high street

  19. Nick Allan has white hair and a short white beard. He is wearing a black suit and a blue tie. He has glasses and is standing in front of an Angel of the North statue.

  20. A head and shoulders shot of a smiling Nicky Brennan, who has fair hair

  21. An aerial view of Ashton-in-Makerfield in Makerfield, England.

  22. A blue and yellow Ukrainian flag flies, with a Union Jack in the background. It is a cloudy day.

  23. Lord Mandelson walking his dog

  24. Wes Streeting, standing next to Rosie Wrighting, both smiling at the camera. Wes wearing a blue suit, red tie and shirt, Rosie, has long blonde hair, tied back and is wearing a checked jacket. There is a flag behind them, a door and a picture on the wall to the left.