
Burnham signals leftward Labour leadership bid, blasts neoliberalism and social care failures
Andy Burnham told the "How to Fail" podcast that neoliberalism — free-market orthodoxy — and trickle-down economics failed former industrial communities. He called politicians' inaction on social care a "shameful dereliction of duty." The Greater Manchester mayor, who lost Labour leadership bids in 2010 and 2015, is positioning left of the Blairites while distancing himself from the Corbyn era.
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