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If Burnham doesn't wake up to Labour's 'moron premium', the markets will sweep him from power as speedily as he arrived: ALEX BRUMMER

Daily Mail

They called it the 'moron premium'. It was September 23, 2022, and Liz Truss 's nascent government had announced £45billion of tax cuts - funded entirely by borrowing.

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