{
  "id": 17208198,
  "title": "Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/andy-burnham-admits-he-would-have-liked-more-radical-first-budget",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T08:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/30/andy-burnham-first-budget-labour-welfare"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Prime minister says room for manoeuvre was limited by geopolitical crises and Labour’s 2024 manifesto Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country. He said he would have liked to have gone further with this week’s announcement – including with higher energy support payments – but felt…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}