Andy Burnham jokes about weekend news coverage after by-election bid was blocked by Labour's NEC

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham told reporters on Monday he was “getting on with my job now”.Mr Burnham made the brief comment after he gave a speech at an event at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery.As he entered a lift, he said: “I have said everything that I needed to say and I’m getting on with my job now.”Minutes earlier, he addressed an audience at the launch of a new report, Class Ceiling, which highlights how the region’s working-class are struggling to break into the arts world.At the start of his speech, he quipped: “You’ve all been probably trying to escape sight of me all weekend but here I am, Monday morning.“Fantastic to be here. To be honest, I have read every single word of the report because I have not had anything else to do this weekend.”