Labour’s internal storm over Andy Burnham’s blocked by-election bid was decided not by the full National Executive Committee (NEC), but by a 10-member NEC officers’ subgroup on Sunday.
Chaired by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, this panel met to consider whether Mr Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester and former cabinet minister, should be allowed to seek selection as Labour’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
