Andy Burnham accused of 'running away' from Britain's biggest issues after record mega dinghy Channel crossing: 'Terrible!'

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Andy Burnham has been accused of "ignoring rural communities" ahead of a nationwide "listening tour" of the UK.Speaking to GB News, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire Helen Morgan said the Prime Minister is currently "only listening to certain types of people".Ms Morgan said: "I think listening to people is always a good thing to do, but my concern with this Government is that they're only listening to certain types of people.

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They're not coming to rural areas, for example, and understanding our issues, and they've taken a decision to really put all their eggs in one basket and ignore places that don't have a Mayor in place." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Lib Dem MP urged the Prime Minister to "listen to what really matters to people" during his nationwide tour.She said: "So I hope that Andy Burnham is going to come and listen to people that don't fit into that structure, and I also hope he's going to listen to actually what really matters to people."Which is around...

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Andy Burnham has been accused of "running away" from the biggest issues affecting Britain after a record number of illegal migrants crossed into Britain on a mega dinghy.Speaking to GB News, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart argued that he hasn't heard "anything" from the Prime Minister about how he would tackle the problem.The Tory said: "It's terrible, and this idea that Keir Starmer had that they would strike a kind of one-in-one-out deal that would act as a deterrent, and that we would see numbers collapse is just nonsense."I have to say that since he became Prime Minister, I haven't heard anything from Andy Burnham about how he's going to tackle this problem.

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I don't think he's been on GB News to talk about it, has he?

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "There are major questions for the new Government, and they're running away from them."The criticism comes as a record 230 illegal migrants entered the UK on a mega dinghy on Sunday.

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In total, 950 small boat...

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