Reform is on course to win the critical Gorton and Denton by-election after Sir Keir Starmer and his allies blocked Andy Burnham from standing, according to a damning first poll on the contest.A Find Out Now survey puts Nigel Farage’s party three points ahead of Labour, with Reform on 30 per cent and Labour on 27 per cent. The same poll indicated that Labour would have cruised to victory had Mr Burnham been allowed to stand. With him as the Labour candidate, 49 per cent of respondents said they would have voted Labour, compared with 28 per cent for Reform, denying the party what would have been its ninth MP. Find Out Now said its findings showed the contest “need not have been close at all” if Mr Burnham had been permitted to stand, adding that Reform now had a “strong chance” of victory.On Sunday, Labour’s ruling national executive committee blocked Mr Burnham from contesting the February 26 by-election, a move that has plunged the party into civil war, with MPs and grassroots activists accusing the leadership of a “stitch-up”.FOLLOW BELOW FORLIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY…Here’s what’s happening today in Westminster Good morning from all of us on the GB News Politics team. Here’s what’s driving the day today in Westminster and beyond.In China, the Prime Minister has been praised by President Xi Jinping for his visit, which he lauded as “imperative” for world peace. Xi said the UK-China relationship in recent years had seen “twists and turns that did not serve the interests of our countries” as he met Starmer in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Our reporter Dan McDonald has the story here.Today on GB News, the Conservatives’ Shadow Policing Minister will be speaking this morning. Later, Alex Norris, Labour’s Border Security and Asylum Minister, will also speak to The People’s Channel.Our Standards:
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