Burnham declines to rule out more borrowing, blames Conservatives for UK debt
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged his government would ensure fiscal stability but declined to rule out more borrowing, blaming past Conservative administrations for Britain's high national debt and leaving future budget decisions to his Chancellor.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged his UK government would ensure fiscal stability but declined to rule out more borrowing, as he sought to blame past Conservative administrations for Britain’s high national debt https://t.co/ukvuXwhHtA https://t.co/lQraAigXPm
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🇬🇧 UK PM Andy Burnham avoided directly answering whether he plans to raise taxes again, instead criticizing the opposition over its record in government. Burnham said some taxes had already been cut, but that future budget decisions are up to his Chancellor. He also pointed to
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Andy Burnham wants to spend hundreds of billions of pounds on new policies. The markets are in turmoil and we seem to now have yet another £14bn blackhole. I asked the govt if they could promise not to raise taxes to pay for it 👇 On @GBNEWS Breakfast https://t.co/prkxOikcRQ