Labour MPs warn the prime minister the decision will trigger ‘bloodletting’ – but supporters backed the move, saying it would help the party...

The mayor of Greater Manchester has been seen as a potential rival to Sir Keir Starmer for leadership

A row has erupted within Britain’s governing Labour Party after its popular mayor of Manchester was prevented from standing at a special ele...

A father has said he fears his son with special needs would be “lost through the cracks” if he is stripped of support at school under Labour...

Keir Starmer is floundering in the polls, and Labour needs rescuing from the growing threat of Reform. Sean O’Grady asks whether the ‘King o...

Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, sources close to Labour’s National Executive Committee (NE...

Labour's governing National Executive Committee is embroiled in a furious row over whether to allow Greater Manchester mayor to stand in Gor...

Although Andy Burnham has effectively fired the starting gun for the Labour leadership race, this will be far from a coronation.  It is also...

Manchester mayor will find out today if Labour will allow him to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election, paving the way for a p...

Labour plunged deeper towards civil war tonight as Andy Burnham announced his bid to become an MP - his first step in challenging Keir Starm...

Labour’s ruling body is set to decide whether Andy Burnham can stand as a by-election candidate as the Greater Manchester mayor plots a retu...

Supporters have warned Labour not to block the mayor of Greater Manchester, a leading rival of the prime minister, from standing in the Gor...

Senior Labour figures have urged the party’s executive not to block Andy Burnham from returning to Parliament if he asks to contest the Gort...

As a mayor Mr Burnham has to apply to Labour’s powerful ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), whose membership includes many...

Labour’s deputy leader appeared to warn against blocking Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, saying the decisio...