Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has announced that he is seeking permission to run in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
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It follows months of speculation about whether he was eyeing a return to parliament, to potentially challenge Sir Keir Starmer for leadership of the Labour party.
But first he has to get past Labour’s National Executive Committee.
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