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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Andy Burnham declares £345,000 worth of donations and gifted Glastonbury Festival tickets before becoming prime minister

Prime minister Andy Burnham accepted over £345,000 in financial support during the three months before he entered No 10, freshly published transparency records show.

Prominent Labour backer Lord Sainsbury, party grandee Lord Blunkett, and former Greater Manchester night-time economy tsar Sacha Lord were among those funding the prime minister between May and July.

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