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Burnham: 'People in Britain can't afford a good life'
Key takeaways
- The Labour candidate for the Makerfield by-election next month told BBC Radio Manchester Britain had been "on the wrong path for 40 years".
- Burnham was speaking in the first of a series of interviews with the major candidates for the poll, set to take place on Thursday 18 June.
- The 56-year-old, who held senior cabinet positions in the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown governments, stepped away from Westminster politics in 2017.
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Mike Sweeney,Kevin Fitzpatrick,BBC Radio Manchesterand Jonny Humphries,North West Watch Labour's Andy Burnham on BBC Radio Manchester Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said national politics has reached a "dangerous place" where "people in this country cannot afford a good life".
The Labour candidate for the Makerfield by-election next month told BBC Radio Manchester Britain had been "on the wrong path for 40 years".
Burnham was speaking in the first of a series of interviews with the major candidates for the poll, set to take place on Thursday 18 June.
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