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How Rachel Reeves has mapped out economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government
UK NewsPolitics•November 1, 2026 at 5:47 PMNational

How Rachel Reeves has mapped out economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government

By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor•The Guardian - UK News

On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked herReeves says UK’s future is in the EUWhich senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?”It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthinkable on Brexit since he became prime minister. Instead, these are the words of the former chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a lecture six months ago. Continue reading...

On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked her

Which senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?”

It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthinkable on Brexit since he became prime minister. Instead, these are the words of the former chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a lecture six months ago.

Continue reading...

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