The PM is said to have pushed back any changes to the creaking and bloated benefits system until next year, with aides saying he can only concentrate on 'one big issue at a time.'

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to rule out tax rises as mounting borrowing costs and spending pressures squeeze the government ahead of the Autumn Budget.

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…