Andy Burnham, who returned to Parliament last month after nine years as Greater Manchester Mayor, will officially be announced as Labour’s next leader on Friday during a special conference.

Backbencher Mike Reader declared that he had added to the wave of endorsement for Mr Burnham this morning.

Andy Burnham, who returned to Parliament last month after nine years as Greater Manchester Mayor, will officially be announced as Labour’s next leader on Friday during a special…

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While almost 80 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party formally nominated Mr Burnham last week, extra endorsements on Monday took him over the line

Huge number of nominations mean it is impossible for any other candidate to launch a challenge

Former Manchester mayor expected to formally take over as head of party on July 17th at special conference

Andy Burnham secures overwhelming support from Labour MPs, positioning him to become the next U.K. Prime Minister.

Andy Burnham took another significant step towards becoming Britain's next prime minister, netting additional Labour MPs' nominations to give him an unassailable lead in the…

With 349 nominations, it would be impossible for any other candidate to get the 81 endorsements needed to challenge the ex-Manchester mayor.