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🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham tells muslim leaders that they have "lived through some of worst examples of division" and promises to appoint an "Anti-Muslim Hostility adviser." • Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosted Muslim community leaders at Downing Street with Communities Secretary Angela Rayner for his first such roundtable since entering office. • He said Muslim communities had "lived through some of the worst examples of division" and casual hatred, particularly on social media, and that the country could not have another decade of division. • Burnham described some language used by political rivals about the community as "completely unacceptable" and said the government wanted to counter hatred, discrimination and Islamophobia. • He pointed to plans to appoint an anti-Muslim hostility adviser and discussions about a national memorial marking the contribution of Muslims to British war efforts in the First and Second World Wars. • Representatives from groups including the British Muslim Trust and the Muslim Women’s Network attended.