Andy Burnham Will Not Accept Any Job From Keir Starmer

He said: “Oh, Andy is a great asset. And, yes, I want him to have a big role in government.”

But a source on Burnham’s campaign team insisted he will not accept a job from Starmer.

The source told the Manchester Evening News: “The benefit Andy has is the wind of change for not having been associated with the government’s failings.”

Burnham has already confirmed that he will join any leadership contest, which former health secretary Wes Streeting has said he was prepared to trigger as early as next week.

The Burnham campaign source said Starmer’s job offer was an attempt to put “further challenges up” to his leadership bid.

The PM has said that rather than be consumed by a leadership contest, Labour should instead focus on campaigning to win the resulting mayoral by-election in Greater Manchester.

But Burnham supporters say the party’s best chance of winning is if Starmer has been replaced as PM before voters go to the polls.

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