With only weeks to go until he is expected to become Prime Minister, Andy Burnham will use a key speech to pledge to raise living standards through reindustrialisation, housing, infrastructure and reform of essential utilities

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Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, is expected to set out his economic agenda on Monday in his first major speech since announcing he would stand for the Labour…

Meanwhile, the former Manchester mayor continues to mull his future cabinet