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Why has Labour blocked Andy Burnham? | BBC Newscast
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25:38Now PlayingToday, members of the Labour National Executive Committee (NEC) met to make a decision on whether or not to let Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham run for MP for Gorton and Denton in its upcoming by-election.
We discuss who could vote which way and whether it could lead to Prime Minister Keir Starmer facing a leadership challenge after the May elections.
Joe Pike, political correspondent, joins Paddy and Laura to chat it all through.
After we recorded the podcast discussion we got the news that Andy Burnham had been blocked from running in Gorton and Denton, so we recorded a new beginning.
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