Burnham Grasps Route To Labour Leadership | Ollie Cole

“He is about to give up a Manchester mayoralty on which he has created so much political capital.” In a “high stakes move”, MP for Makerfield Josh Simons has resigned to make way for Andy Burnham, says Times Radio’s newsroom reporter, Oliie Cole. Ollie Cole and Naushabah Khan MP were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 4-7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/