Makerfield by-election - New Statesman

There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that

By Will Lloyd

Andy Burnham is relying on his accent, and his taste for meat pie

By Will Dunn

Once sidelined by Starmer, Louise Haigh and Anneliese Midgley are major players behind the scenes

By Ailbhe Rea

Exclusive: focus groups reveal the values that will determine the by-election

By Rachel Cunliffe

It’s not impossible

By Andrew Marr

Has the party’s battle of ideas come too late?

By Megan Kenyon

I appeared in a walk-on role in an excellent profile of Andy Burnham

By Tom McTague

He calls his approach “Manchesterism” – but he looks lost when he tries to define it

By Joshi Herrmann

Also: sober frustrations, and learning from Robert Skidelsky

By Andrew Marr

Internal division over whether to run a “full campaign” is a sign of things to come

By Megan Kenyon

Should he ever become prime minister, we will have the same government with a different accent

By Rachel Cunliffe

We are getting a sense of what the former health secretary would do in government

By Megan Kenyon

Who is Robert Kenyon – and can he beat Labour?

By Megan Kenyon

The Manchester mayor has launched his bid to return to parliament

By Megan Kenyon