Senior Cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, have vowed not to resign over the weekend if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election. The Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is also resolved to stay in her post if the Greater Manchester Mayor triumphs in Thursday’s vote, The i Paper understands. Sources close to all three ministers – who have been linked to big jobs in the Cabinet if Burnham takes over from Sir Keir Starmer – said they had no plans to quit. If Burnham is named as the Makerfield victor in the early […]