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Andy Burnham: “I want to be talking to you, the public, not just the House of Commons, so let's make it People's Major Questions rather…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 2026
I want to be talking to you, the public, not just the House of Commons, so let's make it People's Major Questions rather than Prime Minister's Questions, so send me what you want to ask me and I'll answer them after the other PMQs.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party
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bbc.co.uk

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Burnham discusses his approach to PMQs.

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