Andy Burnham Suggests Labour Will Lose Crunch By-Election After Snubbing Him As Candidate

Andy Burnham has been blocked from being Labour's candidate in Gorton and Denton.

Andy Burnham has suggested Labour will lose the crunch Gorton and Denton by-election after snubbing him as its candidate.

The Greater Manchester mayor also accused party bosses of leaking the decision to the media before telling him, claiming that “tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days”.

It comes as the backlash to the decision to block Burnham...