'Enough Already': Labour Mayor Condemns 'Gutless' Briefing Against Andy Burnham

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

A Labour mayor has condemned the “gutless” senior party figures briefing anonymously against Andy Burnham.

Steve Rotheram hit out amid the ongoing Labour civil war over the decision to block the Manchester mayor from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26.

Keir Starmer said allowing Burnham to run could have triggered a separate by-election for the Manchester mayoralty, which would cost the party and taxpayers millions of pounds.