Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get license to lie’ after byelection row

2026-01-29 - 13:20

Manchester mayor took aim at House of Commons briefing culture and said he would continue to call out liars Westminster insiders “do not get a license to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of Commons. After a week of political antagonism over the Labour party’s national executive committee’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection next month, the Manchester mayor said he would call out liars in Westminster in the aftermath of the dispute. Continue reading...