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Andy Burnham: “Energy, water, housing. Back under stronger public control.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2026
Energy, water, housing. Back under stronger public control.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

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Vision for public control of utilities in his speech.

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