Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago
“He’s burned bright and briefly,” says one MP of Josh Simons. At the age of 32, the Makerfield MP has already run a thinktank, held a ministerial job, resigned that position in a scandal, and now quit parliament to make way for Andy Burnham.
Simons has been supporting Burnham as a potential successor to Keir Starmer for some time. But few expected the ambitious Labour figure to give up his seat, having only won it two years ago and moved his family to the constituency.
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