Sir Mel Stride has told Sky News Peter Kyle's comments this morning suggest the prime minister's colleagues are telling him to go. He told Trevor Phillips: "It sounds like it means what a lot of Keir Starmer's colleagues are doing, which is to basically tell him that his time is up." The shadow chancellor also said that Andy Burnham "taking over would be bad and in the wrong direction" and that Reform UK are "increasingly toxic amongst an increasingly large proportion of the population". Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-burnham-starmer-labour-makerfield-by-election-12593360 #keirstarmer #andyburnham #makerfield #reformuk #politics #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales