Campaign posters for Andy Burnham and for the Reform UK party are displayed in the town of Ashton-in-Makerfield.It isn’t just the names of the 14 candidates which are on the ballot paper as voters in Makerfield go to the polls today.
The fate of the prime minister is also in the hands of the seat’s 77,000 constituents as they decide who should represent them at Westminster.
That is why the by-election is the most important in British politics in living memory.
It was triggered by sitting MP Josh Simon’s extraordinary decision to voluntarily stand down to give Read Entire Article


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