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"War" in team Burnham already? Josh Simons' involvement in Andy Burnham's transition team is "already ruffling feathers" says Ailbhe Rea "There are concerns that he would be a lightning rod for controversy if he were in Burnham's Number 10" Friends of Josh Simons say he's "very much signed up"...

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