Andy Burnham urges cabinet to examine ‘all possible ways’ to tackle cost of living crisis

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Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure to explain how he will pay for his policy pledges as he implored his new cabinet to examine “all possible ways” to tackle the cost of living crisis. On his first full day in power, the prime minister faced questions about how he would fund the removal of VAT from electricity bills and an expected uplift in defence spending – an issue that led his new chancellor, John Healey, to resign as Keir Starmer’s defence secretary last month. Sources say measures to ease the cost of living will include reducing the national bus fare cap by a third, from £3 to £2, with the…

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