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Andy Burnham has announced that he intends to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election, setting up a potential return to Westminster for the Greater Manchester mayor. Mr Burnham said he had applied to Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) for permission to seek selection for the contest on Saturday. He said the decision had been “difficult”, but now was “the moment to mount the strongest possible defence of what we stand for”. The NEC can still block his bid for selection by refusing permission, and supporters of the Prime Minister are reported to be mobilising to prevent him from becoming a candidate. But senior Labour figures have called for Mr Burnham to be allowed to stand, with the party’s deputy leader, Lucy Powell, saying the decision should be up to local party members.

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00:00Because of the change that we are bringing about in the northwest of England, the northwest of England is closing the gap.
00:30I think if Andy Burnham wants to be a member of Parliament,
00:58Andy Burnham should be allowed to be a member of Parliament.
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