Polls open in historic byelection in Makerfield that could determine Keir Starmer’s future – UK politics live

Andy Burnham hopes a successful byelection will mean he can encourage Keir Starmer to step aside as prime minister

In our opening post, I did promise you some dogs at polling stations.

And reader, pictures of our four-legged friends exercising their democratic right have been flooding in from the various news agencies.