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Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister

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Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister

Manchester mayor and Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’

Andy Burnham has said he will back sweeping changes to the electoral system to make politics “less point-scoring, more problem-solving” if he becomes prime minister.

The Greater Manchester mayor has previously called for the introduction of proportional representations for UK general elections, handing more power to minority parties like the Greens.

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Originally reported by The Guardian