‘It’ll wind some people up’: What Burnham’s northern fixation says about his future plans

As Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership neared its end, an unassuming social club on the outskirts of a former mining town became the nerve centre for a reboot of the Labour Party.

The Stubshaw Cross Community Club at the northeast of Ashton-in-Makerfield was home to Andy Burnham’s by-election campaign at the start of the summer.