Andy Burnham said he would have to be ‘wrenched’ out of Manchester as he was grilled over his rumoured leadership bid hopes.

The Greater Manchester mayor was quizzed over speculation that he might launch a leadership bid to become the Prime Minister, the controversial digital ID rollout, and the rise of Reform.

Answering questions at the Guardian Politics podcast live at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Mr Burnham said being the mayor is the ‘best job in politics.’

He said: ‘I can’t launch a leadership campaign, I’m not in Parliament – that is the bottom line.

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‘The thing that I’m doing is putting forward ideas that in any scenario – whoever is the leader – I think Labour need

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