Internal Labour Clash: Burnham’s Vision Faces Scrutiny Under Chancellor Healey

‘The chancellor is in a bind’: is No 11 at odds with Burnham’s big vision?

MPs applaud PM’s ambition and optimism but John Healey has yet to show he can match leader’s radical perspective Until now, Andy Burnham has been a lucky prime minister. In office for just over six weeks, no major domestic crisis derailed his plans over the summer, Reform has been on the back foot, and he arrived back at Westminster with his personal approval ratings soaring and optimism undampened. But underneath the sense of relief that many Labour MPs are feeling that their high-stakes gam...

By Pippa Crerar, Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot