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Burnham stands by claim that UK is ‘in hock’ to bond markets

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PM says his comments last year were deliberately misinterpreted by Keir Starmer and his advisers UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he still believes the UK is far too exposed to global shocks, defending comments last year where he said the UK should be less “in hock” to the bond markets.

He said that the comments had been deliberately misinterpreted by the former prime minister Keir Starmer and his advisers and said that his aim was not more borrowing and spending but a far more resilient economy.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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