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Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget
<p>Prime minister says room for manoeuvre was limited by geopolitical crises and Labour’s 2024 manifesto</p><p>Andy Burnham has admitted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/budget-2026-healey-hikes-taxes-on-banks-and-landlords-to-fund-100-handouts-to-20m-households">his first budget</a> as prime minister was not as radical as he would ha