Mayor of Greater Manchester has been given the green light to run for selection in the pro-Leave seat of Makerfield

Andy Burnham has been offered a path back to Parliament after a Labour MP stood down, triggering a by-election which the Mayor of Greater Manchester hopes to contest.

Andy Burnham may have a route back to Westminster – and a path to the Labour leadership. But can he defeat Reform UK in Makerfield? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of…

The question of who the next Prime Minister will be could lie in the hands of voters in the soon-to-be vacated Makerfield seat.

It's claimed the Manchester Mayor won't push for the UK's EU return, as Wes Streeting brands Brexit a 'catastrophic mistake'

Mayor of Greater Manchester has been given the green light to run for selection in the pro-Leave seat of Makerfield

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Reform, which won more than 50% of the local election vote, is likely to focus heavily on immigration and Brexit

Andy Burnham hit out at 'Neoliberalism' and 'trickle-down' economics as he complained that wealth had been 'syphoned off' from workers.

Burnham vows to have ‘relentless domestic focus’ in first speech since announcing Makerfield byelection run

Confident mayor set out his stall as he called for ‘big changes’ in how the UK is run – and slammed Wes Streeting’s call to rejoin the EU