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Andy Burnham: “I will take power back from Westminster and Whitehall and give it back to the place where you live.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2026
I will take power back from Westminster and Whitehall and give it back to the place where you live.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Burnham pledges to decentralize power to local communities.

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