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Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU among all ‘the options’ being considered – UK politics live
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The prime minister says he wants to open a debate about the UK’s future relationship with Europe Burnham wants to review the UK’s relationship with the EU. What are the options? From Brexit to electoral reform: key takeaways from Andy Burnham’s conference speech Andy Burnham has
The prime minister says he wants to open a debate about the UK’s future relationship with Europe Burnham wants to review the UK’s relationship with the EU. What are the options? From Brexit to electoral reform: key takeaways from Andy Burnham’s conference speech Andy Burnham has said that it is “completely wrong” to claim that he is picking on pensioners with the plans he announced yesterday.
When this claim was put to him in an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Burnham replied: I think you’ve got it completely wrong really, if you don’t mind me saying, to put it like that, because I have put out … a vision for a national care service. There are pensioners out there who watch your programme who are paying for care costs from their basic state pension. Now, is that right or fair?
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