Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality
Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bindAs Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the public finances; but the economic backdrop is anything but stable.The longer the US-Israeli war on Iran persists, the more likely it is that UK consumers…
Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bindAs Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the public finances; but the economic backdrop is anything but stable.The longer the US-Israeli war on Iran persists, the more likely it is that UK consumers…