In just over three week’s time voters will go to the polls in the Makerfield by-election.
It’ll be a decisive one. If Andy Burnham wins, a Labour leadership contest is almost certainly bound to follow.
The party is slightly ahead of its main challenger, Reform UK, according to a poll of voting intentions in the constituency out today.
Its leader Nigel Farage is still facing questions over an unpaid debt arising from a county court judgement uncovered by this programme.
Candidates declared in Makerfield so far:
