Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Andy Burnham pledged his UK government would ensure fiscal stability as he sought to blame past Conservative administrations for Britain’s high national debt. #uk #economy #news #england

In his first parliamentary session of prime minister’s questions since taking office in July, Burnham refused to rule out more borrowing or more tax rises, telling Tory opposition leader Kemi Badenoch he wouldn’t “write the budget” in the chamber of the House of Commons.d

Read more: bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-02/burnham-pledges-fiscal-stability-declines-to-rule-out-more-debt

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