'A Gift To Nigel Farage': Labour Civil War Deepens Over Decision To Block Burnham's MP Bid

Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

Splits within the Labour Party over the decision to block Andy Burnham’s bid to return to Westminster have deepened after dozens of MPs and peers urged Keir Starmer to think again.

More than 50 Labour parliamentarians have signed a letter to the prime minister calling on him to reverse the decision by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).

Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester...