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Andy Burnham vows to 'safeguard' farming

If he becomes the next PM, Mr Burnham said he was committed to creating a No.10 North

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Andy Burnham vows to 'safeguard' farming

The frontrunner for the next Prime Minister has called for food and farming to be 'safeguarded' as a matter of 'national security and sovereignty'. Speaking from Manchester earlier today, as he sketched...

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