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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie and Nicholas Cecil

Labour civil war: Keir Starmer vows to back Andy Burnham 100% in by-election despite Manchester Mayor's coup threat

Sir Keir Starmer pledged to campaign for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election despite the expectation that the Greater Manchester Mayor will seek to topple him if he wins the seat.

After Labour’s disastrous May 7 local elections, the PM visited the party’s headquarters in central London on Monday to thank staff for all their hard work.

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