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- Party insiders say politician Andy Burnham will avoid campaigning on EU re-entry despite his earlier pro-EU statements.
- Andy Burnham will stand in the Makerfield by-election after Labour MP Josh Simons resigned.
- He previously told Labour conference delegates he hopes the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime.
- A YouGov poll found 31% view Burnham as a prime-minister-in-waiting, 27% do not, and 42% are unsure, with higher support in the North.
