Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row

Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liarsWestminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of Commons.After a week of political antagonism over the Labour party’s national executive committee’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection next month, the Manchester mayor said he would call out liars in Westminster in the aftermath of the dispute. Continue reading...