Will Andy Burnham's popularity survive his Budget?

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Andy Burnham has vowed to set out a new direction for Britain as he arrived for his first Labour conference as Prime Minister. 00:00 Political commentators Aubrey Allegretti and Ailbhe Rea join Lewis Goodall live from Liverpool. 07:07 Backbench MPs Chris Curtis and Emily Thornberry enter the fray. The Prime Minister promised to set the UK on a new course because the decade since the Brexit vote had resulted in “drift and division”. Mr Burnham said: “We’re going to make this a really important week where we set out a new direction for the country. “We’ve had a decade since Brexit and it’s been a decade of too much drift, too much division, and we need to draw a line on that.” He said his vision would leave “people able to have hope again that things will improve, that life will get better – and it will”. Earlier, Mr Burnham acknowledged he and the Chancellor John Healey face a “challenging” set of circumstances at the Budget, and said it was “crucial” to stabilise the public finan

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