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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

'King of the North' in London: Can parachuting Andy Burnham into seat in capital save Labour?

They used to weigh the Labour vote in constituencies across the North West.

Now, Sir Keir Starmer’s party is scrapping for every vote.

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