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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Yassin El-Moudden

Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of ‘fiddling while Europe risks burning’

A close-up of smartly-dressed woman who is grinning slightly as she looks in the direction of the camera.
Kemi Badenoch said the prime minister had to ‘stop pretending that we are living in a carefree end of history’. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Kemi Badenoch has accused Andy Burnham of “fiddling while Europe is at risk of burning”, as she repeated her call for the prime minister to cut the welfare budget to fund increase spending on defence.

Speaking to the Telegraph, the Tory leader said that “Burnham may be a people pleaser but difficult choices cannot be avoided through dither and delay”.

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