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Burnham says Brexit caused a decade of low growth

Burnham says Brexit caused a decade of low growth

Speaking to the House of Commons for the first time on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that Brexit had resulted in "ten years of sluggish economic development." The fresh Labour leader highlighted the UK's exit from the EU as one of several "mistaken paths" the nation had pursued since the 1980s. He stated that Brexit "exacerbated the harm" caused by the decline of manufacturing and the excessive centralization of power.

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