According to France 24, Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield parliamentary by-election, engineered to give the former Labour official a path to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for party leadership. Burnham is viewed as the favourite in such a contest and has called for fundamental change to the economy, immigration, education, and industry.

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