Isabel Hardman: Unless the PM starts helping businesses, he is going to find the whole 'good growth in every postcode pledge' rather difficult to realise

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested tax rises could be on the cards in the coming Autumn Budget, warning “I won’t be unrealistic” over the state of the public purse. The PM…

Andy Burnham has pledged to help tackle the “cost of business” as he looks to head off fears firms will be hit with another punishing tax raid at the Budget.