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Mel Stride: Labour’s tax hikes and reckless borrowing stoked inflation, and Andy Burnham has already made billions of pounds of…

On the recordJuly 22, 2026
Labour’s tax hikes and reckless borrowing stoked inflation, and Andy Burnham has already made billions of pounds of spending commitments without any plan to pay for them.
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Mel Stride
Conservative Party

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Criticizing government spending and inflation.

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