BBC News September 01, 2026 • 21:48

Andy Burnham promises more devolution and public control of essential services - BBC

Andy Burnham promises more devolution and public control of essential services - BBC

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.

"His diagnosis is completely wrong, his theory of growth is completely wrong, he thinks that if government spends more money, we will all get richer - that is not how this works," she said.

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