Andy Burnham will be ordered by Labour MPs to change Britain’s voting system via the back door as Parliament returns next week.
In a move that sidelines the British public, nearly 100 Labour backbenchers are set to push the Prime Minister to introduce a national commission on scrapping first past the post (FPTP) in his first week back at Westminster after the summer break.
FPTP sees the candidate with the most votes in each constituency becoming the MP, but fringe parties have long argued the system is unfair as electoral success is not based on vote share overall.
Mr Burnham will now face
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