Greens’ Polanski prepared to work with Burnham but not Starmer ‘to stop Reform’

Zack Polanski told the FT he ‘could see the potential to work with Andy Burnham to stop Reform’. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he would refuse to work with Keir Starmer but could work with Andy Burnham, Starmer’s potential rival for the Labour leadership, to keep Reform out of power.

Polanski said he would not enter a political partnership with Labour under the current prime minister, but would consider it if the mayor of Greater Manchester took the helm.