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Andy Burnham says he wants to improve the cost of living in his victory speech on Friday, saying: "You have to do something to make life more affordable, to put more money in people's pockets, to give people more breathing space again so that they can have a better life." He says he wants to bring down water bills and energy bills, just as he did with bus fares in Greater Manchester. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We've got to now take this moment to answer the challenges that have been laid down.
00:08I did describe it last night as a last chance to change, and I think that's how people here
00:14kind of saw it when I was talking to them on the doorsteps, and they said, well Andy,
00:18maybe we can give you our support this time, but you know it's not a blank check, it's not ongoing.
00:25You have to respond to what people here are saying. You have to do something.
00:30To make life more affordable, to put more money in people's pockets, to give people more breathing space again
00:37so that they can have a better life. That's what people were saying, and we must respond to that.
00:45We need an economy that works for everybody, not a few in far off places from here,
00:52but an economy that works for people right here. We do need to bring down water bills, energy bills,
00:59rail fares, just as we've brought down bus fares in Greater Manchester to make life more affordable for people.
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