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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham – formerly Shadow Health Secretary under Ed Miliband and runner-up in the 2015 leadership election – has commented publicly on revelations in a leaked Labour report that right-wing party staff opposed him as well as former leader Jeremy Corbyn.. Burnham responded on Twitter when a correspondent pointed … A spokesperson for Burnham said that renting out the original flat was necessary to "cover his costs" as parliamentary rule changes meant he was no longer able to claim for mortgage interest expenses.In September 2015, Burnham accepted an appointment as On 27 April 2016, the day after the Hillsborough inquest verdict that found the 96 Hillsborough deaths had occurred as a result of On 25 April 2017, as his final act in Parliament, he delivered an adjournment debate that lasted over an hour on the On 5 May 2016, a spokesperson for Burnham confirmed that he had been approached by party officials in Burnham was elected to the new role of mayor of Greater Manchester on 5 May 2017.