United Kingdom

UK: Reeves Sacked as Chancellor as Burnham Appoints New Government

Is Burnham's cabinet a bold new direction for Labour or a fiscally reckless continuation of broken promises?

Published 4 days ago

UK: Reeves Sacked as Chancellor as Burnham Appoints New Government

Story

Above: Larry the Cat outside of 10 Downing Street, London, England on July 20. Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-government narrative

These are smart, unifying picks that signal Burnham is serious about reindustrialization, housing and working people's priorities. Healey brings real Treasury experience under Gordon Brown and has already proven that the Treasury's orthodoxy holds back growth, while the wider Cabinet shake-up clears out the old and sets a bold new direction for Labour.

John Healey on X Guardian Independent

Government-critical narrative

Burnham's Cabinet is built on broken promises and fiscal fantasy. Reappointing Mahmood after her disastrous early-release scheme let out killers and rapists exposes Labour's hollow morals, while no honest plan exists to cut the bloated state, slash taxes or control inflation. Changing the prime minister changes nothing when the whole Labour Party keeps taxing, spending and borrowing Britain into the ground.

Kemi Badenoch on X

Rupert Lowe on X

Zia Yusuf on X