The Ashton in Makerfield by-election will happen on June 18th it has been announced today
The Greens are expected to announce their Makerfield candidate tonight, while the Tories will do the same in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage has been in the constituency today while the latest national Opinion poll shows that a Labour Party led by Andy Burnham would have a three point lead over Nigel Farage’s party
The I paper says that Andy Burnham could introduce tap-in, tap-out contactless travel across the North of England in a bid to boost the economy if he becomes prime minister,
Wes Streeting gave his resignation speech in the Commons telling the House that
“ “We are in the fight of our lives against nationalism… the nurse from Nigeria is not the enemy of the factory worker in Newcastle. The family fleeing war is not responsible for the cost of living crisis” and warned that Labour is about to hand a massive victory to Reform UK unless they “change course” immediately.
During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons Kier Starmer gave a nod to a Manchester man
“Mr Speaker, it would be remiss of me not to comment on one of Manchester’s great heroes moving on after almost a decade. So let me congratulate Pep Guardiola.”
