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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Rowena Mason

Andy Burnham to promise to ‘fix the big things’ in first speech as Labour leader

Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham will take over as prime minister from Keir Starmer on Monday. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images

Andy Burnham will pledge he has the “courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected” in his first speech as Labour leader.

Burnham, who is set to be announced in the job at a special conference on Friday, will promise to give back control to communities and spread growth across the country.

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