Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham’s brain trust

A number of of intellectuals from the worlds of politics and policy are jostling to get their ideas heard

By Megan Kenyon

What Makerfield believes

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

By Rachel Cunliffe

This is a by-election driven by despair

Residents feel let down by politicians on the left and on the right

By Scarlett Maguire

I am filled with a menacing fear for the future

The Titanic on the horizon haunts my imagination

By Tom McTague

Only a Burnham-Streeting alliance can save Labour

It’s not impossible

By Andrew Marr

Labour’s war of words

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

By Megan Kenyon

Am I a chin-scratching intellectual?

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

By Tom McTague

Can Andy Burnham survive the pressure of Westminster?

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

By Joshi Herrmann

The fight for No 11

Also: sober frustrations, and learning from Robert Skidelsky

By Andrew Marr

Is Makerfield a dead end for the Greens?

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

By Megan Kenyon

Andy Burnham is a Starmerite

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

By Rachel Cunliffe

Andy Burnham’s manifesto for change

Could a more effective PM convince the public Labour is worth electing again?

By Will Dunn

Should the Green Party stand in Makerfield?

After a false start, the party is once again looking for a candidate

By Megan Kenyon

Wes Streeting’s “battle of ideas”

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

By Megan Kenyon

It’s Makerfield or break for Andy Burnham

This by-election is a once-in-a-lifetime, all-out fight between social democracy and right-wing populism

By Andrew Marr

Did Farage give our Guardian scoop to the Telegraph?

Also: the electoral wisdom of on-the-ground reporters, and jet lag meets its match

By Katharine Viner

Can Andy Burnham discover why Britain is failing?

Failure to accept even that something has gone wrong left Starmer’s premiership empty

By Tom McTague

Reform unveils its challenger to Andy Burnham

Who is Robert Kenyon – and can he beat Labour?

By Megan Kenyon

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism

The Manchester mayor has launched his bid to return to parliament

By Megan Kenyon

Tony Benn’s lesson for Andy Burnham

This isn’t the first time a Labour leadership challenger needed a seat

By Richard Johnson