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

Andy Burnham has confirmed he will seek a return to Westminster

Having traversed Labour’s ideological spectrum, the Greater Manchester mayor is recasting himself as the party’s potential saviour

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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By explicitly calling for Britain to rejoin the EU yesterday, Wes Streeting was making life as hard as possible for Andy Burnham.

The former Health Secretary put the bitterly divisive issue at the heart of his campaign to replace Sir Keir Starmer as he formally announced his leadership ambitions on Saturday.

Burnham says he will take his fight for Labour 'as high as I can' as Wes Streeting confirms leadership ambitions and party splits widen

Culture secretary says Makerfield by-election will be ‘tough fight’ for Andy Burnham

Labour leadership contender Wes Streeting calls Brexit a ‘catastrophic mistake’ while Andy Burnham sees ‘long-term case’ for rejoining EU

Labour leadership contender Wes Streeting calls Brexit a ‘catastrophic mistake’ while Andy Burnham sees ‘long-term case’ for rejoining EU

Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting - the frontrunners to take over from Keir Starmer - said Britain's future was as part of the bloc.

The former health secretary is accused of playing into Nigel Farage’s hands by raising the issue of Brexit

As the Manchester mayor searches for a path towards becoming Prime Minister, City AM sketches out what a Burnham government would look like.

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

The Manchester Mayor and Labour leadership hopeful set out his stall in a speech to local government leaders

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

Andy Burnham made two major U-turns within hours yesterday, amid growing concern his Left-wing agenda will wreck the economy.