Andy Burnham has been barred from standing in an upcoming by-election by Labour's ruling body. The Greater Manchester Mayor said on Saturday that he wanted to contest the seat of Gorton & Denton, which would offer him a path back to Westminster. But a core group of Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC), which included Keir Starmer , voted today to block him by 8 to 1 in a meeting that lasted less than an hour, the Mirror understands. Only Deputy Leader Lucy Powell voted in favour of