So far Andy Burnham, MP for Leigh, is leading the nominations nationwide with 24, narrowly ahead of Liz Kendall, on 20, Yvette Cooper, on 17 and Mary Creagh on five.

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has come out all guns blazing in his Mirror column, claiming that the Conservative Party have ‘got away with murder’ during their time in power.

Andy Burnham has secured his seat in Leigh, with a majority of 53.65% an increase over the 48% he gained in 2010.

He secured his fourth term as MP for Leigh with 53.65% of the vote – up from the 48% he received in 2010.

Exit polls by the BBC and YouGov put Conservatives ahead of Labour by 77 and 21 seats respectively, but Mr Burnham remains optimistic.

A new tumblr has got the whole world seeing red, re-imaging all your favourite celebrities with ginger hair, eyebrows and even freckles so here at MM we decided to give some of Manchester’s parliamentary candidates our own (incredibly amateur) makeover.

Ed Miliband will reveal Labour’s ’10 year plan’ for the NHS in Trafford today in an attempt to win the trust of voters – 100 days before the General Election.

The current Government should take responsibility for a 1000% rise in A&E patient numbers, according to Leigh MP Andy Burnham.

The MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth has warned of the increasing pressure A&E hospital staff are under from the NHS winter crisis and has criticised the government saying their reaction to the crisis ‘beggars belief’.

Leigh MP Andy Burnham came under fire for insulting the victims of the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal in a heated Twitter exchange on Saturday night.

A Labour MP has blasted the government after figures revealed there has been a 45% increase in the amount of Manchester patients having operations cancelled at the last minute.