A row erupted Sunday within Britain's governing Labour Party after the ambitious mayor of Manchester was prevented from trying to re-enter Parliament at a special election in the city in the coming weeks, with critics claiming that Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potential rival back in the House of Commons.
Andy Burnham, who has been in charge of the Greater Manchester region since 2017, made a request to Labour's governing committee on Saturday to stand as the party's candidate in the upcoming election for the Gorton and Denton constituency, which is expected to take place by the end of February.
