Burnham’s economics of empty promises

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Your Planet Normal co-pilots return to a tsunami of news, promises from Labour conference and Andy Burnham to ease the nations finances and is the Home Secretary watering down her own migration policies?

Allison takes aim at the PM’s pledges, calling them nothing but empty words and laying blame so far in the past you’d be forgiven for not realising we have had successive failures from Government since the 70s.

Liam delves into the costing of the social care promises and how scrapping the triple lock, in favour of a double lock, will work in reality.

Stowing away is former Home Secretary Suella Braverman who tells your co pilots about her life, politics and career in her new book, ‘Patriot: Empire, betrayal, and hope’.

Highlights

Planet Normal: Burnham’s false hope economicsSocial care plans fall flatShabana Mahmood waters down immigration plansTriple lock scrapped, but will it balance any books

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