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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie

Labour civil war: 50 Labour MPs sign letter objecting to blocking Andy Burnham from by-election

About 50 Labour MPs have reportedly signed a letter objecting to the decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in an upcoming by-election.

They have written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to warn the controversial decision by Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) could be a “real gift” to Reform UK, which is hopeful of winning the vote in the Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton.

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