Will Keir fight on?
6/8/202621 min
Can Keir Starmer wrestle back the spotlight from the Makerfield by-election?
After hosting world leaders in Downing Street and unveiling new plans for social media restrictions on children, the Prime Minister is trying to reclaim the agenda. But is the political attention still fixed on Andy Burnham in Manchester?
Sam Coates is on the ground in Manchester where the Labour bigwigs are out in force to support Burnham’s campaign. However, can the party balance the message for local voters while appealing to a national audience?
Plus, Anne McElvoy has some details on the delayed Defence Investment Plan as ministers race for a solution ahead of a key NATO summit next month.
A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election can be found here.
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First 90 secondsEd Conway0:00
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Anne McElvoy· Host0:29
[upbeat music] Hello, good morning, and welcome. It's Monday, June the 8th, 10 days until the Makerfield by-election. Keir Starmer wants the limelight back again. He's been meeting world leaders last night in Downing Street, making an eye-catching announcement on social media curbs for children today. But the attention remains firmly directed at Greater Manchester, and that's where Sam Coates is this morning. I'm Anne McElvoy from Politico.
Sam Coates· Host1:02
That's right. I'm Sam Coates from Sky News. Welcome to the twenty-second floor of a hotel in Manchester City Center amongst... And it really does feel like this, uh, behind me, with a huge vista among the skyscrapers that have appeared in the last few years in central Manchester, as well as amongst the relentless Manchester rain that Andy Burnham, in all these years as mayor, doesn't seem to have been able to do anything about at all. Um, about twenty miles to my left through the bluey