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Burnham stakes his future on care, electoral reform and Europe in emotional Labour conference speech

· The Guardian

Burnham stakes his future on care, electoral reform and Europe in emotional Labour conference speech

PM says his plan, which includes ending pensions triple lock to fund national care service, will ‘allow us to rise again’

Andy Burnham has staked his future on a gamble that the public will back radical progressive policies on social care, electoral reform and Europe, telling voters that his agenda will break the mould of the last 40 years and “allow us to rise again”.

In a deeply personal speech at Labour’s conference, Burnham began building his next general election manifesto, acknowledging that he may end up paying the price for creating sharp new dividing lines in politics.

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