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Thank you for joining us tonight for the Makerfield by-election special, which was the last programme before our summer break

You can watch tonight's special back on @BBCOne at 10:40pm

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“Wes Streeting seems to have launched a leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join it”

Labour’s Andy Burnham confirms that if elected, he would run against Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a Labour leadership contest

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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“Antisemitism has absolutely no part and no place in the Green Party or in our country”

On trust in politics, Green Sarah Wakefield says the party will make sure a “handful” of candidates are “dealt with” with regards to antisemitism, and vetting has “improved”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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"There is no one else coming to save us, if you have an opinion about what we should do with the country, you have to get involved”

Green Sarah Wakefield says she doesn’t want to just focus on "Westminster culture" but the “fundamental problem” of “massive inequality”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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“The Liberal Democrat plan isn’t about rejoining the European Union”

Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says voters in Makerfield aren’t “bringing up” Brexit, but the party plan is for “closer ties” with the EU for the economic benefit for places that have been “left behind”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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“This is an election for a potential future Prime Minister via the backdoor”

Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says Andy Burnham “refuses to say the quiet part out loud” that he wants challenge Starmer for Labour leadership, which is “not the right way to be doing politics”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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"There's no two ways about it that we had a massive defeat in 2024… you've got to accept and own that we made mistakes"

On trust in politics, Conservative Michael Winstanley says his party are “looking forward” and will “oppose what this Labour government is doing”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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“You have got the right… to vote people out when they don’t do what they have said to do”

Conservative Michael Winstanley says we should be “judging politicians on their actions” not promises, and claims Andy Burnham is putting “party first”

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“I’ve got nothing but respect for women… I’ve said things years ago that I wouldn’t say now”

Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon says he “won’t accept” being labelled as “sexist”, but admits he “made mistakes” with comments he made “15 years ago” that have been “dragged up”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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"Get normal people in politics, people who care about the place... and not use it as a stepping stone for other things"

Reform UK's Robert Kenyon says less “career politicians” would “certainly help” politics, saying people in Wigan have been “left behind”

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A full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website #bbcqt

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“I would take the fight to change politics, and change this country, as high as I could”

On a potential Labour leadership challenge, Andy Burnham says he is “making no assumptions” on running in the Makerfield by-election, saying he wants to “rebuild politics”

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