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Last Labour government 'too close to big business,' admits Andy Burnham
by JOHN MILLINGTON
SHADOW health secretary Andy Burnham admitted yesterday that the last Labour government was too close to big business.
He praised Ed Miliband for being the “first political leader to stand up to Rupert Murdoch” at shopworkers’ union Usdaw national conference.
“He is prepared to intervene where markets do not work like freezing energy prices,” he said.
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