Iceland boss and Labour peer, Lord Walker of Broxton, has slammed Starmer on his Government’s record welfare splurge. During a debate called by the Tories on the ballooning benefits bill, Walker said he supports “the Labour Party, not the benefits party“. Almost everyone in the Labour Party knows what’s going wrong, just not Starmer…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”