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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 12 - The Untold Story

Who is Josh Simons, the Labour MP who quit for Andy Burnham?

Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago

The Guardian - UK

Burnham makes move to take on Starmer after MP stands down so he can challenge PM

Josh Simons steps aside to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to run for parliament

The Independent UK

Starmer ally warns of ‘political risk’ of Burnham standing in Makerfield by-election

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‘We will change Labour for the better’: Andy Burnham’s full statement as he plots return to parliament

The Greater Manchester mayor says ‘much bigger change is needed at a national level’

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns over Labour Together ‘distraction’

The Makerfield MP previously ran the prominent think tank.

Evening Standard

Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

The Guardian - UK

‘Keir Starmer doesn’t do anything but U-turns’: the bleak mood in Makerfield

Many in ‘red wall’ seat of Josh Simons, a staunch ally of the PM, have had enough of Labour – and its leader

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MP calls for knighthood for rugby league ‘hero’ Billy Boston

Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons said it ‘is a scandal that for over a century, no rugby football league hero has received a knighthood’.

Evening Standard

The political map of Greater Manchester could look dramatically different after review

This could change how the constituency areas could look and who people would be voting for by the next general election.

Manchester Evening News

'Common sense prevails' after bizarre boundary change in Greater Manchester axed

“It came as no surprise to me that local people would strongly resist this move and I am glad that common sense has prevailed.”

Manchester Evening News

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