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findinghis parents  \nmerviewLie&arts  \nBack reviewon electoralreform,MPstell Burnham  \nincludinganumber offormerminis-ters and supporters of the previousprime minister,Keir Starmer.  \nExclusive  \nJessica Elgot  \nDeputy political editor  \nThe amendment has been tabledto the representation of the peo-ple bill which returns to parliamentfor its remaining stages on 2 Sep-tember.ALabour source said:\"Therepresentation ofthe people bill hasbeen designed to deliver our mani-festo commitmentson votes at16andstrengthenpoliticaldonation rulestoguard against foreign interference,and that's what the government isprioritising.  \nAndy Burnham will face an imme-diate test ofhissupport for electoralreforminhis first weekin parliamentas prime minister,with almost 100Labour MPs supporting a bid for anew nationalcommission.  \nBurnham,a longtime advocate ofelectoralreform,will be asked to sup-portanewcommissionintodroppingfirst past the post(FPTP)in his first100 days as prime minister.  \n\"Andy remains strongly com-mitted to electoral reform,and hasindicated thisisamatter for afutureparty manifesto,given a mandatewould need tobe secured forit.”  \nMPs have said the commissionmust report before the nextelectionand hope to put electoral reform inLabour's next manifesto.No 10 saidBurnham remained committed toelectoral reform in Labour's nextmanifestobut stoppedshortofback-ing the commission.  \nBurnhamendorsed the call foranational commission on electoralreform at last year's Labour confer-ence,sayingthenasmayorofGreaterManchester that he backed“a man-ifesto commitment to a system ofproportional representation to beintroduced into Westminster elec-tions inthe next parliament\".  \nNewpollingofMPsby YouGovsug-geststhechangeis nowsupportedbyamajorityin the Commons.Ofthosepolled,53%said they supported areview into FPTP,the current sys-tem of voting.  \nThe 98 Labour signatories tothe amendment from10→  \nAnamendment tolaunch thecom-mission hasbeenbackedby 185MPs,  \nPMmay change law toshake uputility firms  \nSourcestold the Guardian thattheprimeminister is consideringarangeofoptionsashelolksteodeliveronhisEngland'swater and Britain'senergycompanies are run.  \nHelena Horton  \nKiran Stacey          \nAndy Burnham is consideringrippingup the country's insolvencyiavsinutilities suchas Thames Water underle public control.  \nOne possibility,according tothose briefed on his thinking,isto change laws governing special  \nCanada to hit US with'dollar for dollar'tariffs  \nadministration to make it easier toput companiessuchas Thames Waterintoinsolvencyproceedings andthentake control of them afterwards.  \nIt could pave the way for whatBurnham has said will be a 10-yearproject to take public control ofutil-ities.However,it couldtrigger alegalchallenge from creditors to ThamesWater,who have vowed to fight anyattempt to change insolvency laws.                \nit retaliatesroughly\"dollar for dol-lar”againstleviesimposedbythe US.  \nLeyland Cecco  \nToronto  \nCanada 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