Laura's been speaking to Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Liverpool, ahead of the Labour Party conference. This is the interview in full, in which he proposes national care service in England, refuses to commit to backing a third runway at Heathrow, and condemns masked protesters. Laura, Paddy, and Joe Pike will be analysing what the PM said in an episode to follow in your Newscast feed.
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Choose the move. Allow the next two teams to come to the their plans for the nation. Particularly a big moment this year because it's the first time
Andy Burnham has done this as Prime Minister. No stranger to Labour conferences here in Liverpool, his childhood stomping ground of course, but it feels like a big moment doesn't it because it's the first time he's done it in this job. Yes and it explains why we're doing two episodes of newscast this Sunday. We're going to give you the full interview with Laura and the Prime Minister
in this and then Joe Pike, Laura and I will discuss in the next episode but here we go Laura's full interview with the Prime Minister this morning in which he touted national social care. Prime Minister, welcome in your childhood stomping ground of Liverpool. In July as we heard just
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