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Andy Burnham: “We can do it, and we can be the nation in the next 10 years that… does find the cure for cancer, that does make the…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2026
We can do it, and we can be the nation in the next 10 years that… does find the cure for cancer, that does make the breakthrough on dementia, or indeed on nuclear fusion.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Setting ambitions for scientific breakthroughs in the UK.

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