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The Latest Breaking News from Makerfield

Andy Burnham allowed to stand for Labour in key by-election

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The Independent UK

Labour to include Andy Burnham in candidate selection for Makerfield by-election

If successful, Mr Burnham is widely expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the party leadership.

Evening Standard

Labour’s NEC approves Burnham’s byelection pathway back to parliament

Party’s governing body allows Greater Manchester mayor to run for selection as candidate in Makerfield

The Guardian - UK

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‘He’s just down to earth’: Ashton-in-Makerfield receptive to Burnham run

The Labour mayor appears popular in his target seat, but would face a tough byelection challenge

The Guardian - UK

Can Andy Burnham actually beat Reform in Makerfield to take on Starmer? Here’s what the data shows

The Mayor of Manchester has several obstacles to overcome on the long road to Westminster

The Independent UK

What could happen next in Labour leadership challenge?

How a contest to become PM is triggered, and Andy Burnham’s chances in the Makerfield byelection

The Guardian - UK

Labour leadership race: Key moments in the challenge to take on Keir Starmer

The Labour Party now looks likely to face an intense leadership battle

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London MPs back Andy Burnham Commons comeback: 'We need our best players on the pitch'

Brent East MP Dawn Butler stresses Labour needs its ‘best players on the pitch’

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting is backing Andy Burnham for Makerfield by-election – here’s why

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The Independent UK

Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection, in blow to Burnham

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat

The Guardian - UK

Politics latest: Starmer under pressure over Mandelson vetting files release after fresh delay

Burnham confirmed as Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate in make-or-break battle with Reform

The Independent UK

Makerfield by-election: Is Andy Burnham going to win?

Manchester mayor and Labour candidate Andy Burnham faces a difficult contest in the upcoming by-election as he bids to return to Parliament

Evening Standard

Embattled Keir Starmer faces leadership contest against Andy Burnham in Labour civil war

Andy Burnham says he will seek to become Labour’s candidate in the upcoming Makerfield by-election

Evening Standard

Who is Josh Simons, the Labour MP who quit for Andy Burnham?

Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago

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The Independent UK

Burnham makes move to take on Starmer after MP stands down so he can challenge PM

Josh Simons steps aside to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to run for parliament

The Independent UK

Starmer ally warns of ‘political risk’ of Burnham standing in Makerfield by-election

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The Independent UK

‘We will change Labour for the better’: Andy Burnham’s full statement as he plots return to parliament

The Greater Manchester mayor says ‘much bigger change is needed at a national level’

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns over Labour Together ‘distraction’

The Makerfield MP previously ran the prominent think tank.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

The Guardian - UK

‘Keir Starmer doesn’t do anything but U-turns’: the bleak mood in Makerfield

Many in ‘red wall’ seat of Josh Simons, a staunch ally of the PM, have had enough of Labour – and its leader

Evening Standard

MP calls for knighthood for rugby league ‘hero’ Billy Boston

Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons said it ‘is a scandal that for over a century, no rugby football league hero has received a knighthood’.

Manchester Evening News

The political map of Greater Manchester could look dramatically different after review

This could change how the constituency areas could look and who people would be voting for by the next general election.

Manchester Evening News

'Common sense prevails' after bizarre boundary change in Greater Manchester axed

“It came as no surprise to me that local people would strongly resist this move and I am glad that common sense has prevailed.”

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