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Andy Burnham: “We will do what we can to request that the right steps are being taken, and that’s the approach we’ll take.”

On the recordOctober 9, 2026
We will do what we can to request that the right steps are being taken, and that’s the approach we’ll take.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Response to plague speculation in Russia

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