Burnham hits out at Labour snub for the North

Andy Burnham has hit out at Labour’s ban on him speaking at the party’s conference in Brighton, claiming it’s a snub for the North of England.Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour high command had attempted to exclude both Mr Burnham, mayor of Great Manchester, and London's mayor Sadiq Khan.It was claimed that Mr Corbyn imposed the ban in revenge for the two mayors - Labour's two most senior elected politicians - criticising his leadership.