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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Labour's Andy Burnham backs rail strikes and says he would join a picket line

Andy Burnham has given his backing to rail and airport workers going on strike - and said he would join a picket line.

The Greater Manchester mayor said he supports workers doing what they need to do to protect their incomes during a cost-of-living crisis.

But he sought to downplay his Labour leadership ambitions after Keir Starmer ordered frontbenchers not to be pictured on pickets.

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