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Will Meakin-Durrant

‘Breathing room’ promises have squeezed fiscal headroom, says think tank

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the new No 10 North - (PA Wire)

Andy Burnham’s effort to give families “breathing room” over the cost of living has squeezed the fiscal headroom to as little as £8 billion, a think tank has estimated.

Mr Burnham entered Downing Street as Prime Minister for the first time this week, pledging to lead a “cost-of-living Government”.

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