Labour MPs – including former Cabinet ministers Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting – today clamoured for a selfie with would-be prime minister Andy Burnham.
Shortly after being formally sworn in as the MP for Makerfield, following his thumping by-election win last week, Mr Burnham enjoyed a photo shoot with his new colleagues.
Many of those MPs who gathered in Parliament’s Westminster Hall will be hoping for a job under Mr Burnham’s new regime if – as now seems certain – he goes on to replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street.
Close to Mr Burnham’s side was Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell, a long-time ally
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