Would-be prime minister Andy Burnham set out a Left-wing manifesto, including a new wave of council-house building, a focus on factory jobs and state control of the utilities.

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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,…