Andy Burnham accepts £200k in Labour Together-linked donations

Andy Burnham accepted more than £200,000 from historical Labour Together donors and the newly-named think tank (Image: Peter Byrne)

ANDY Burnham has been blasted for “embedding” scandal-hit Labour Together in his leadership campaign after accepting more than £200,000 from the shadowy think tank and donors linked to it.

The Prime Minister’s register of interests published this week shows he took more than £22,000 from ThinkLabour – the new name of Labour Together – in July for IT and staffing equipment as well as £189,000 from two of the organisation's biggest historical donors.