Andy Burnham: How the defender of the NHS cosied up to Big Pharma

‘Front-runner in the Labour leadership contest and former Health Secretary Andy Burnham has hired lobbyists with connections to major pharmaceutical companies and private healthcare providers to work on his campaign.

Sources working for his rivals said the revelations could hurt his credentials as a defender of the NHS.

A lobbyist who counts a string of drugs companies as clients has been appointed by Andy Burnham to help run his campaign to become Labour’s next leader.’

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