It is Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as PM. The big headline is that he wants social care to be free at the point of use, and that some, but not by any means all, of the funding will come from scaling back the pensions triple lock. At first sight, this sounds like an obviously … Read more
Andy Burnham and Treasury Death Grop aren’t the hot new indie band coming out of Manchester. It is a central part of the our new Prime Ministers strategy. He has declared war on one of Britain’s oldest institutions. Not Parliament, the Bank of England or Whitehall civil servants. His target is the Treasury. For decades, … Read more
I am not a big fan of Andy Burnham. That might seem a strange thing to say given that I am a member of Mainstream, the pro-Burnham group within Labour. Burnham is an astute politician. His municipal socialism is not far from my own instincts and, unlike many politicians, he has experience of life outside … Read more