Sir Keir Starmer is determined to block Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster “at any cost”, sources have told The Times Newspaper
According to the report
“Senior government and party sources said the prime minister’s aides had been instructed in “no uncertain terms” to ensure that the mayor of Greater Manchester would not inherit the leadership, especially if such a move prompted a by-election for the mayoralty.”
Yesterday rumours were rife that the MP for Bootle Peter Dowd would be prepared to stand aside for Greater Manchester’s Mayor to stand
Yesterday Polling by YouGov, found 34 per cent of people thought Burnham would do a better job than Starmer, compared with 15 per cent for Rayner, and 13 per cent for Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting.
