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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Labour at war after Starmer blocks Andy Burnham’s Commons comeback bid

Sir Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham's bid to return to Westminster in a political gamble that risks sparking civil war within Labour.

The prime minister voted with other members of the party’s powerful National Executive Committee (NEC) ruling body to reject his potential leadership rival’s request to be allowed to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election, by eight votes to one.

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