Andy Burnham was sensationally handed a route back to Westminster to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for No10 – by an MP who was a minister and major supporter of the PM until just six weeks ago.
Mr Burnham confirmed he wants to contest a by-election in Makerfield in Wigan, after MP Josh Simons, the former tech minister, revealed he would quit so the Greater Manchester mayor could ‘return home’.
Mr Simons, 32, is the former head of Labour Together, a think tank credited with getting Sir Keir into power in Labour, and only entered Parliament in 2024.
And even more astonishingly he was one
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