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Burnham cancels engagements after death of father
Published: 14 September 2026, 13:35 BST
Updated: 1 minute ago
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is understood to have cancelled engagements for Monday and Tuesday following the death of his father Roy.
Burnham has previously spoken about his father, who had Alzheimer's, when explaining why he was so determined to reform adult social care in England.
He also revealed his father did not know he had become prime minister in July, because of his condition.
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