Starmer: Still early stages in possible Burnham by-election

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Sir Keir Starmer says "it's a very early stage" in response to speculation that Greater Manchester Mayor and former Labour MP Andy Burnham could stand in a by-election to become an MP again. Burnham, who has often been labelled a critic of the prime minister, has not ruled out whether he will stand in the by-election to replace Andrew Gwynne as MP for Gorton and Denton. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Do you support Andy Burnham standing in a by-election in Gorton and Denton, as many people think he does want to do?

00:10It's a very early stage, and the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party will set out the process in the usual way, as it always does for by-elections.

00:22Andy Burnham is doing an excellent job as Mayor of Manchester. We work very closely together.

00:27Last year, we were responding together to the terrible attack on a synagogue in Manchester.

00:34More recently, we've been working together on the Northern Powerhouse Rail, and I think Andy would acknowledge that working with this government has been much better than the experience he had of working with previous governments.

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