It’s all kicking off in Makerfield, where Andy Burnham has romped to victory in the by-election. Burnham, Labour’s newest MP – and the PM-in-waiting – was graceful enough to shake the hand of his Reform opponent Robert Kenyon after the result was announced in the early hours. But elsewhere at the count in Wigan, there was no love lost between Reform and Labour types.

Reform’s Sarah Pochin and Labour peer Baroness Thangam Debbonaire clashed during a testy interview live on Sky News.........

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