Angela Rayner attacks Keir Starmer in keynote speech as she declares Andy Burnham 'should not have been blocked'
Angela Rayner has launched a scathing attack on Keir Starmer, declaring Andy Burnham should "not have been blocked" from running for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
In a keynote speech to crowds in Bournemouth, Ms Rayner declared it was a "mistake" for the Mayor of Greater Manchester not to be allowed to stand as a candidate in the election.
Ms Rayner said: "So let me be honest conference. We as a party have to do better than this. And we can only prove we mean our Labour values by putting the common interest ahead of factionalism.
"And we can start by accepting that Andy Burnham should never have been blocked. It was a mistake that the leadership of our party should put right."
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