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  "path": "/skwawkbox/2026/06/24/burnham-labour-friends-of-israel/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T11:34:42.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
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  "textContent": "Andy Burnham, the new Makerfield MP and almost certainly the UK’s next prime minister, has appointed James Purnell as his chief of staff. Purnell was the chairperson of parliamentary lobby group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), for two years. The former MP was also DWP secretary under Tony Blair and has been described as the […]\n\nBy Skwawkbox",
  "title": "Burnham appoints ex-Labour Friends of Israel chair as chief of staff"
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