Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan Portes

Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years The economic inheritance Andy Burnham will receive from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not, in any meaningful...

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What happened: Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years The economic inheritance Andy Burnham will receive from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not, in any meaningful...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/16/andy-burnham-keir-starmer-labour-economy-devolution-tax-eu-immigration