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Andy Burnham interview: 'I wanted a different approach, because I'm mainstream Labour'

The shadow health secretary on NHS scandals, Hillsborough and his party's leadership

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

Time was when Andy Burnham passed for a middle-of-the-road Labourite: he was deemed insufficiently dramatic and impressive to secure much support when he stood for leader five years ago. But these days, his colleagues — and the bookmakers — consider the shadow health secretary the frontrunner in any new contest.

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