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The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Angela Rayner declares ‘I’m not dead yet’ as supporters plot Starmer’s downfall

Former deputy PM was speaking before Andy Burnham’s pathway back to parliament was blocked

The Independent UK

Labour launches attack on Greens as pollster tips Polanski’s party to win crucial Gorton and Denton by-election

Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election is ‘Greens vs Reform’

The Independent UK

With Burnham blocked, Labour’s attention turns back to Angela Rayner

Keir Starmer’s former number two will be a focus of the renewed speculation about party’s future leadership

The Guardian - UK

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Was Labour right to block Andy Burnham’s return as an MP?

Letters: Readers respond to the national executive committee’s decision to stop the Manchester mayor from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection

The Guardian - UK

Labour councillors made ‘vile’ and ‘racist’ remarks in WhatsApp chat, damning report finds

The independent report was into councillors who were members of the WhatsApp group, which led to former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne being suspended from the party before leaving parliament

The Independent UK

'I’m a lone campaigner for Everton and Celtic being the true and original partnership. I struggle with Liverpool and Celtic's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' love-in' Proud Toffee Andy Burnham reveals home-and-away Evertonian roots

Andy Burnham has followed Everton since the early 1970s and witnessed their rise during the 80s and fall in the mid 90s. He’s betting the house on Beto being the new Duncan Ferguson.

FourFourTwo

GB News presenter Matt Goodwin named as Reform candidate in Gorton and Denton by-election

The right-wing commentator and former university academic said the parliamentary contest would be a ‘referendum on Keir Starmer’

Evening Standard

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Will Labour lose Gorton and Denton by-election after Burnham snub and who is most likely to win?

Recent polling in the northern constituency puts Nigel Farage’s party ahead

The Independent UK

Matt Goodwin: GB News presenter who ate page of his book after wrong election prediction unveiled as Reform candidate

Reform UK announce candidate in highly anticipated Gorton and Denton by-election

The Independent UK

Burnham accuses No 10 sources of lying about byelection decision

Manchester mayor suggests claims he was told Labour would not give him permission to stand were untrue

The Guardian - UK

Why Starmer’s China trip has come at the worst possible time

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and speculation about a leadership challenge at home – leaves the prime minister exposed

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘It’s chaos’: Readers on Labour infighting, Tory defections and Britain’s broken political system

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees the Burnham by-election row and Suella Braverman’s defection as the latest symptoms of Britain’s broken politics, warning that Labour is increasingly mirroring the Conservatives it once opposed

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer Branded a Coward by John McDonnell Amid Deepening Labour Revolt

Keir Starmer faces a deepening Labour revolt as 80 MPs call for his resignation after blocking Andy Burnham from the Gorton and Denton by-election.

International Business Times UK

Andy Burnham decision ‘done and dusted’, insists minister amid Labour anger

MPs have signed a letter saying that denying local members a real choice reinforces the idea that politics is a ‘remote stitch-up’.

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'Bonjour!': Starmer makes fun of Macron's sunglasses at comedy show in London

The Prime Minister tagged Macron in a post with the Top Gun reference ‘Talk to me, Goose’

The Guardian - UK

The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control

Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Independent UK

Burnham says claims that he was told in advance about by-election block are ‘simply untrue’

Senior Labour figures have called for unity as a growing number of MPs express concern over the decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor from standing in a by-election

Evening Standard

Labour civil war: 50 Labour MPs sign letter objecting to blocking Andy Burnham from by-election

Labour MPs warn Keir Starmer decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton by-election could be a “real gift” to Reform UK

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The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour banned Burnham – and what the ‘King of the North’ might do next

In today’s newsletter: By putting out one fire, Labour might have ignited several others

The Independent UK

Labour MPs urged to unite after Burnham row as Reform prepares by-election candidate

Reform UK will announce its candidate for the contest on Tuesday at a press conference

Evening Standard

Labour MPs urged to unite for by-election as Reform prepares its candidate

The Gorton and Denton by-election is expected to take place on February 26, after former MP Andrew Gwynne stood down for health reasons.

The Conversation

Labour blocks Andy Burnham from standing for parliament: how it happened and why

The Labour party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has voted to block Andy Burnham from seeking selection for the vacant Gorton and Denton parliamentary seat. The move and its fallout have exposed fault lines within the Labour party that go beyond a single byelection.

The Guardian - UK

Burnham will try again for Westminster return but declines offer of seat in 2027

Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of imminent return as MP appear remote as relationship with Starmer at low ebb

Evening Standard

Labour MPs urged to unite ahead of by-election after fallout over Burnham

The Prime Minister insisted on Monday the ‘battle of our times’ was between Labour and Reform UK, as he defended blocking Mr Burnham from standing.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s control freakery: beating Reform requires risking power

Editorial: The prime minister says defeating Reform UK is Labour’s overriding task. Yet by blocking Andy Burnham, he chose self-preservation over the coalition politics needed to win

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