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Gorton and Denton has been Labour for more than 90 years but party sources fear it could be won by Reform or the Greens.
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Row erupts within UK's governing Labour Party after popular mayor blocked from upcoming election
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, with critics claiming Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potentially dangerous rival back in the House of Commons.
Home secretary to regain authority to sack chief constables and set crime- fighting targets in England and Wales
Labour's move to block Andy Burnham's return to parliament dominates Sunday's papers.
The Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham - who was blocked from a Westminster comeback - urged Labour MPs to 'come up to Manchester' ahead of the Gorton and Denton on February 26
More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms. In a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the 61 MPs said "successive governments" had done "too little to protect young people from... unregulated, addictive social media platforms".
Chantelle Lunt joined the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in 2019.
Labour’s powerful ruling body ‘calls for pause in Burnham by-election decision over stitch-up fears’
Labour's governing National Executive Committee is embroiled in a furious row over whether to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election