Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of imminent return as MP appear remote as relationship with Starmer at low ebb

Greater Manchester mayor will not be tested in tough byelection or against PM for now, but can continue to pose speculative threat

Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of imminent return as MP appear remote as relationship with Starmer at low ebb

Greater Manchester mayor, who the prime minister blocked from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, due to finish his term in three years