Overview
- In broadcast interviews, the Greater Manchester mayor declined to close the door on a future run while stressing he is fully focused on his current job.
- He used the media rounds to unveil a £1 billion plan to spread growth across Greater Manchester and to highlight his record on economic delivery.
- Clive Lewis clarified he has no plans to quit Norwich South after suggesting he would step aside to let Andy Burnham return to the Commons.
- Senior Labour figures criticised Lewis’s remark, with Wes Streeting calling it peculiar and warning against taking voters for granted.
- Reporting describes organising on the Labour left that they believe could reach the roughly 80 MPs needed to force a contest, yet NEC-controlled selections, local party rules and by‑election risks make any engineered Commons return for Burnham difficult, and he would need to be an MP to mount a bid.