Labour MPs will gather amid speculation that Andy Burnham could seek to stand for a Westminster by-election and challenge the Prime Minister’s authority.The conference of Labour’s north-west England MPs will see former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner tell colleagues she is supportive of allowing the mayor of Greater Manchester to stand in the Gorton and Denton constituency candidacy race, according to The Times newspaper.Andrew Gwynne, the former MP for the Greater Manchester seat, formally quit on Friday, paving the way for a by-election to take place.
