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03.25 EDTBurnham to say his government will be ‘unashamedly Labour’ in first speech as party leaderGood morning. Today the Labour party is going to formally announce at a “special conference” that Andy Burnham is its new leader. Burnham said that his father has Alzheimer’s and that as a result he was very familiar with the problems in the social care system.
- ▪03.25 EDTBurnham to say his government will be ‘unashamedly Labour’ in first speech as party leaderGood morning.
- ▪Today the Labour party is going to formally announce at a “special conference” that Andy Burnham is its new leader.
- ▪Burnham said that his father has Alzheimer’s and that as a result he was very familiar with the problems in the social care system.
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03.25 EDTBurnham to say his government will be ‘unashamedly Labour’ in first speech as party leaderGood morning. Today the Labour party is going to formally announce at a “special conference” that Andy Burnham is its new leader. We will get a speech from Burnham at that event, and then he is expected to give another speech at an event later this afternoon.As Kiran Stacey and Rowena Mason report, in his special conference speech Burnham will say he will lead a government that will have the “courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected” and the “conviction to argue for our plans”.Andy Burnham to promise to ‘fix the big things’ in first speech as Labour leaderRead moreAccording to an overnight briefing, Burnham will also promise that the party under his leadership will be…
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