As Reporter Lewis Denison explains, Andy Burnham received donations worth almost £350,000 in the months before he became prime minister, newly released transparency data shows.
He accepted £164,347 worth of support from billionaire Lord Sainsbury for his Labour leadership campaign and in his former role as metro mayor, he also accepted two tickets worth £3,800 to attend the Brit Awards from Sony Music, and four tickets to Glastonbury – where he was speaking last year, according to the latest register of interests #politics @itvnews
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