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- Prime Minister Andy Burnham blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of growth slowdown in his Commons speech.
- Bank of England data show Brexit cut the UK economy by 6%.
- He cited an annual £11.7bn export loss from Brexit.
- Burnham set priorities of cheaper childcare, community regeneration, and public control of water, housing, energy.
- He hinted at 3% of GDP defence spending by 2030 and may renationalise water.
