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Aamna Mohdin

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour banned Burnham – and what the ‘King of the North’ might do next

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham.
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Good morning. The “King of the North” will not be marching south – at least not for now.

Andy Burnham has been barred from standing as an MP in the forthcoming Gorton and Denton byelection, after a 10-strong “officers’ group” of Labour’s ruling body, which includes the prime minister, voted overwhelmingly to reject his request to stand. It has left the party, once again, in turmoil.

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