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Andy Burnham accuses Labour of sidelining city mayors at party conference

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Andy Burnham has accused the Labour party of sidelining its mayors in a flurry of swipes at leader Keir Starmer.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester suggested the party was not 'serious about winning back the north' after he and other city mayors - all except London's Sadiq Khan - were overlooked for conference speeches.

He called for a 'Universal Basic Income', housing as a human right, and social care 'free at the point of use' - going further than the national party.

Mr Burnham complained metro mayors like himself - who he described as Labour ’s path to power - 'haven’t got the full weight of the movement behind us'.

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