Burnham to become Labour leader and promise to ‘fix the big things politics has neglected’ – UK politics live

The Guardian reports that Andy Burnham is to become Labour leader, with a special conference at noon today to formally announce his appointment. His path back to Parliament took an unconventional route: the party's national executive previously blocked his bid for a Commons seat, worried it would cost them his Greater Manchester mayoralty. But Labour's disappointing May election results shifted the calculation, and Burnham's candidacy for Makerfield became irresistible. He's promised to 'fix the big things politics has neglected.'

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