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Andy Burnham seeks permission to stand in by-election

PA Media Andy Burnham speaking at an eventPA Media

Andy Burnham has announced that he is seeking permission to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election.

Currently mayor of Greater Manchester, he insisted he wants to back the Labour government “not undermine it” and said that the decision to announce his intentions had been “difficult”.

The seat in Greater Manchester is vacant after Andrew Gwynne stood down on Friday as an MP on health grounds.

If he won the by-election, Burnham could mount a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer but the BBC has been told that allies of the prime minister may try and block him from standing in the constituency.


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