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Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, paving way for him to challenge Keir Starmer as Labour leader

Burnham - who comfortably beat Reform UK's Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes - tells the Labour Party it is the "final chance to change".
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