Andy Burnham has declined to rule out raising taxes in his autumn Budget, saying he would not be “unrealistic” about the state of the public finances.
Speaking to ITV News while in Ukraine on Monday, the Prime Minister vowed to take a “careful approach” to the country’s finances – and said he “won’t take risks” with people’s jobs or livelihoods.
However, Burnham did admit that the UK is in a “challenging position” financially.
He said: “Whatever I do will be carefully thought through. It will be funded. That is exactly what I have done so far but there will be more to come as we go into the autumn.”
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