Why we are backing Andy Burnham’s bid to be Labour leader

Two new Labour MPs, Conor McGinn and Anna Turley, are supporting Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership.

(Photo By Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham picks up another couple of signatures. Photo: Getty)

Labour has a duty to get the choice right about who leads us.

We don’t owe this just to ourselves – our party, our activists, our members – but much more importantly we owe it to the people we represent and the ones we want to represent.

Now read our list of which MPs are endorsing each candidate

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