Burnham thanks Starmer after being confirmed as new Labour leader – UK politics live

Andy Burnham has been confirmed as Labour's new leader and says he wants to give people hope back. It's a notable reversal for the party — Labour's national executive committee had previously blocked his attempt to return to parliament, concerned about safeguarding the Greater Manchester mayoralty. But after Labour's disastrous May election results, those concerns evaporated. When Burnham applied again, this time for Makerfield, The Guardian reports, the party could no longer resist.

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