Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?
Andy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/ReutersView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday. Plainly the amounts of money involved on bus fares and VAT and so on are small in the great order of things.“But they are part of a story about where Burnham stands in relation to the responsibility of the government to look after people.
- ▪Andy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday.
- ▪Photograph: Toby Shepheard/ReutersView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday.
- ▪Plainly the amounts of money involved on bus fares and VAT and so on are small in the great order of things.“But they are part of a story about where Burnham stands in relation to the responsibility of the government to look after people.
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Andy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/ReutersView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham on a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Tuesday. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/ReutersAndy BurnhamAnalysisWill Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?Rowena Mason Whitehall editorThe prime minister’s money-saving policies are popular but they are yet to convince voters he can take on the big thingsTue 11 Aug 2026 13.30 EDTLast modified on Tue 11 Aug 2026 13.31 EDTShareIt was last year that Martin Lewis, the money-saving guru, advised the government to find “100 small things that piss people off” and set about sorting them out.That approach has been adopted almost immediately by Andy Burnham since entering office, as he began his…
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