{"id":456834,"date":"2026-05-19T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456834\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:30:13","slug":"andy-burnham-confirmed-as-labour-candidate-in-makerfield-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456834\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate in Makerfield &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBGbUV1WHBEcjVscFJOUG1hSFlQVVZJVmQ5dTdwQi1sWVlBY0p3Zkh1VHF3RW1KX2xCRnlUQlpaZXlYX0RlWWRwb2ZHeE9JbnJpWmxXZ0JCb0ZPdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate in Makerfield<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1yS201UmY2ZjhQZ0VlQmUxazM2M3cyVUVyRHZuQ3p4NWE2S1VxMWF5ZlVyVENLZnFfalVjdWVVMmxjcXpkSTNvZXhJUzJ6NFVHUEhSLWU0UmoyODQ5ZlFCdW5qelU3dHpOV0ZwQTBWVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Burnham announced as Labour candidate for bye-election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNTTJyLURsNC1JeFd4THc4MWtfQi1vTGpwdy1oTWo1NkZFYVpmQ1NSSUVraE9DT1ltVUFPZU1jX3FzUW1DTTh3SXlmMVFxR3RLTWswMXVtNHd6amtFYy1tLVNjTFBjR1ZhMzIyS0MyOWhOM0ZmUHQtX19kOWlYV0RNZ3lBZ0RjVm53VE1CYXAyU0E4akpna3ZBeEdaLTZWZC1qd3g1WDV2cFdOQ3lqeFBlTTZfYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">After the painful ruse of Starmerism, the left should be cautious about Andy Burnham | Owen Jones<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPMUJiODJpMXoyZWFrQjJFVDVfQ3hZdGZxcElUY0txRjVOS2gwaEdLMkVVNnNYT0ZjUGlCX3pxaEdFd1h5NTFlM3ZOZTBlT0RlUmV4U2htUWJMNGJHUVZzQlpMZU1kOHRYWGk2Q3FNMUVNRzFGbng5amRQdktCRS1BUi1HdlVXcno5R1Z3Y29kZlVYQmZtNFpOWUpyTXQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Burnham would beat Keir Starmer in vote to lead Labour, poll finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggJBVV95cUxQbVFQNTNlS0xMVW5LSlFFU0Uza2o5TUZ4aWs1ckZhOVNseHRjS3JXdmFQMWdFUG83VkYxSTNFb0pNMHJFSE9tdUl5dlo1TlQ3clBkeGRMQVZQWTVwNE9WNnlDSy1NaFdoQUlYeFZIdzNMMU43NjczR1lFNGtseDdtTXlnbC11Rzh2Zk41YXJZeUpoUjNzUy1wZ2ZwaFFrdEcwRFZBS1AyYkJDYUZUUmlKZWkxOV9xbXBLWTZRMGowSjBBVndJZm85LU5fS05Ib2xoMEl0QlFYZi0zN1BwUFk5TUFLR3ZWX0J5YkMtemgzdFFSc2hNYXlDTmwtV0NBWDFHRUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Downing: Of the three potential challengers, Andy Burnham has the best credentials for English-Irish ties<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate in Makerfield&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBurnham announced as Labour candidate for bye-election&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ieAfter the painful ruse of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-456834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}