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Health Secretary James Murray has backed Andy Burnham ahead of his expected appointment as Prime Minister, praising Sir Keir Starmer for transforming the Labour Party and saying it is now "time to pass the baton" to Burnham to lead the party into the next general election.
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00:00I'm really looking forward to Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister in a couple of weeks.
00:04He set out his vision for the country, a hopeful, optimistic vision.
00:08And I think all of us in the parliamentary Labour Party,
00:11I think there's a big sense of gratitude for what Keir's done
00:14in terms of changing the Labour Party, winning the last general election,
00:18laying many of the foundations over the last two years.
00:20But now we're rallying behind Andy.
00:22It's time to pass the baton over to Andy for him to lead us
00:25for the rest of this parliament into the next general election.
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