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Lucy Powell: “I'm pleased that actually what it looks like is we're probably going to have just the one candidate in Andy Burnham.”

On the recordJune 28, 2026
I'm pleased that actually what it looks like is we're probably going to have just the one candidate in Andy Burnham.
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Lucy Powell
Labour Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

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Discussing Labour's leadership contest.

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