Labour's leadership battle is in sharp focus after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election with 24,927 votes - giving him a majority of 9,231, while Reform's Robert Kenyon was a distant second

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Labour’s Greater Manchester mayor hopes a win over Reform UK will help force the prime minister to step aside