Burnham's PMQs debut tests the limits of a new-style politics
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Andy Burnham used his first PMQs to showcase a more confident, online-friendly style while facing the traditional Westminster clash over taxes and borrowing; early policy gestures like VAT cuts on electricity and business rates relief hint at priorities, but detailed economic plans remain unclear amid rising borrowing costs and ideological debate on privatisation, Brexit and spending.
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