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Andy Burnham latest: PM-in-waiting vows billions in ‘critical’ defence spending to be targeted at UK firms
Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has vowed to rebuild the UK's "hard power" by allocating billions of extra defence spending to British firms. Mr Burnham, in his first foreign policy intervention, wants to steer defence procurement away from European and American companies and boost homegrown...
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What happenedMr Burnham said he wanted to back British jobs and workers.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Andy Burnham latest: PM-in-waiting vows billions in ‘critical’ defence spending to be tar...". The right frames it as "Andy Burnham vows to rebuild UK's 'hard power' with billions to British defence firms".
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Left / center-leftAndy Burnham latest: PM-in-waiting vows billions in ‘critical’ defence spending to be targeted at UK firms
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Right / center-rightAndy Burnham vows to rebuild UK's 'hard power' with billions to British defence firms
Andy Burnham vows to rebuild UK's 'hard power' with billions to British defence firms
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Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has vowed to rebuild the UK's "hard power" by allocating billions of extra defence spending to British firms. Mr Burnham, in his first foreign policy...
