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The soon-to-be seventh prime minister in a decade is going to have to unite a divided UK and placate Blairites, unions and the bond markets. It’s a big ask.

Haldane, who is advising Prime Minister-to-be Burnham on growth, urged the country’s next leader to be “bolder and brassier”.