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Burnham’s Battle Bus: 8 in the morning – August 2nd

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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Andy Burnham has cancelled his holiday to keep on campaigning through the unofficial campaign truce in August.

* Meanwhile the Liverpool Daily News says Burnham will fight to the end of the contest.

* The RMT are urging fellow unions to adopt a national general strike.

* Manchester Evening News has a write up of Saturday’s hustings.

* The President of Pakistan is visiting the UK – despite Cameron’s comments last week…

* A major think tank says that the BBC license fee should be scrapped.

* There’s hope for a resolution to the BA strikes.

* Sir Richard Dannatt quits Tory adviser role.

* And the Ed Miliband campaign have recruited 1300 potential volunteers by text message, are you one of them?

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