Andy Burnham, Labour
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According to the paper, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Lucy Powell all advised that Burnham should be allowed to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election, in part due to a "significant risk" that Labour could lose the constituency to Reform UK.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party slipped behind the main opposition Conservative Party in Bloomberg’s composite poll for the first time since the July 2024 general election.
With all the talk about Labour's 'Burnham Block' and high-profile Reform candidates, bookmakers have an eye on the Green Party.
Chantelle Lunt joined the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in 2019.