“The more that they can kind of constrain him, as they themselves were constrained when they took office, they’re going to you. You can drink from the same cup we’ve drunk from Mr. Burnham”
With the £5 million hole in the defence investment plan, political economist Will Hutton says that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves want to make life as “constrained” for Andy Burnham as it was for their time in office.
Will Hutton was speaking to Andrew Neil on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 1–2pm.
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