Labour is in an anti-London "Tory trap": Sadiq Khan vs Andy Burnham
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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The Budget Isn't About 'Oh, What Can I Find a Fault With'
I want people to know that this isn't about, oh, what can I find a fault with now? I've got to look at the situation as I see it, and what I think is right. The priority should be uplifting universal credit for people who are on the lowest incomes - because they are the most risk from the cost of living crisis. And putting in pay settlements across the public sector so that we get a fairness in that, so that services can function. So my reaction to the budget was that tax change, the basic rate, only comes in April, so it won't help with the dangerous period. It actually puts money in the wrong hands, to be honest.
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