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Andy Burnham: “We need to safeguard sovereign manufacturing and production capability across the country in critical sectors like…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2026
We need to safeguard sovereign manufacturing and production capability across the country in critical sectors like steel, defence, energy, food and farming, rather than just being prepared to let it go, as we have sadly done in the past.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Speech on reindustrialisation and manufacturing

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