LABOUR’S Andy Burnham has backed Anas Sarwar’s calls for a Labour government to abolish the two-child benefit cap ...
government to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
However, Burnham played down any divisions with Scottish Labour despite the fact that a number of MSPs were critical of Starmer’s plans.“I have been in government and I know you can’t just go around making commitments without properly saying how they will be paid for.” He said: “There’s lots of opportunity for collaboration where Scotland and the north could be working together to create jobs, improve our housing stock and make sure children aren’t living in cold, damp properties.”involvement would lead to “a better world”.Jeremy CorbynBut he says for now he is now more interested in working directly with the Scottish Government after meetingBurnham said: “I am keen to talk to him about the reindustrialisation of Scotland and the north of England via net zero.
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