Burnham faces first electoral test as Zack Polanski picked to be Green by-election candidate

• Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been selected as the party's candidate for the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election on 8 October.
• The by-election was triggered after Sir Keir Starmer resigned as an MP following his replacement as prime minister by Andy Burnham.
• Mr Polanski won an online vote of local party members, defeating Camden councillor Hamza Chowdhury to secure the Green nomination.
• The contest is expected to be an early test of Andy Burnham's popularity, with the Greens standing as Labour's main competitors in the constituency.
• Mr Polanski offered unconditional solidarity to Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali after she faced despicable racist comments from Reform UK's Zia Yusuf.

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Zack Polanski selected as Green candidate in two-horse race with Labour for Starmer’s former seat