'We must now do more': Andy Burnham apologises for Labour's response to Gaza

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Burnham said UK should look at further sanctions on Israeli settlers, criticising Labour's approach to genocide in the enclave Labour MP and challenger for leader of the Labour Party Andy Burnham, laughs as he delivers a speech in Manchester, northern England, on 29 June 2026 (Toby Shepheard/AFP Off Andy Burnham has apologised for the Labour government’s response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, saying his party “didn’t get it right” and that it must now do more, signalling a potential change in th