“Though the celebration can be assured of retaining the mayoralty, the NEC couldn’t put Labour’s management of Better Manchester at any danger,” it mentioned.
“Andy Burnham is doing a fantastic job as mayor of Better Manchester. We consider it’s in the perfect pursuits of the celebration to keep away from an pointless mayoral election which might use substantial quantities of taxpayers’ cash and sources which might be higher spent tackling the price of dwelling disaster.”
Burnham had introduced on X his want to face within the Gorton and Denton by-election on Saturday night.
Former Labour MP Andrew Gwynne – who stood down on Friday – gained the constituency comfortably in 2024.
However the collapse in Labour’s polling numbers since then means the celebration now faces a tricky combat with the anti-immigrant Reform UK and the Inexperienced Celebration to retain the seat
