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A lot can change over a year in politics, but one thing always seems to stay the same. Everyone is still talking about Andy Burnham .

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader who refused to set out specific policies when she was running to replace Rishi Sunak last year, made a series of policy announcements in her closing speech at the party's conference in Manchester.

She promised £47bn of savings - half of which would come from benefit cuts - as well as scrapping taxes such as stamp duty , if the Tories return to power.

She spent much of her speech criticising Labour while also defending the Conservatives' record in government. But she still made sure to mention the Greater Manchester mayor, accusing him of 'touting his own manifesto' at the Labour Party conference la

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