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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.

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He said he wanted to "level with" the public about the amount of money required to meet the UK's promise to Nato to spend 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035.

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The additional money, Mr Burnham has said, will be ploughed into "regenerating and reindustrialising the country", with efforts to boost British jobs and workers.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Makerfield MP said reducing foreign reliance was "critical for both our economic and national security" and would be a key focus of his upcoming premiership.Despite arguing he would step away from foreign reliance for defence procurement, Mr Burnham said he would build stronger relations with Europe on security.

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Manchester locals tell GB News what they really think of Andy Burnham's plan for No10 North.

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Manchester locals have given their verdict on Andy Burnham's plans for No10 North after he laid out plans for a "rewired Britain" in a speech last week.Despite having only been the MP for Makerfield for three weeks, Mr Burnham already has big plans for the country – one of which would involve opening what he called a ‘No10 in the North' up in Manchester.He told a room of journalists: "Change will be driven through the Prime Minister's Office in an extended operation based here in Manchester.

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But here's the important thing – it will only be based here."The job of No10 North will be to make power flow into the Midlands, into the South West, into the East of England and, yes, into London as I said before, as much as the North East, Yorkshire & the Humber and here in the North West.

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