Makerfield

Polls have closed in the crucial Makerfield by-election as Andy Burnham waits to see if voters have handed him a route back to Westminster to challenge Keir Starmer.The Greater Manchester mayor has spent the past month campaigning as…

Voters in Makerfield will cast their ballots this week in a by-election expected to herald the return of Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to Parliament and, potentially, succeed Sir Keir Starmer as PM.With Burnham effectively campaigning to…