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Burnham to promise 'sense of optimism' in first Commons statement as PM
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Their justice spokesperson, Jess Brown-Fuller, said Labour's promise to build new cells was not backed by any new money and proved "just how unserious this Government remains about fixing our justice system". A Number 10 source said over the weekend that Burnham did not want his government to "stand by and watch on as every bill goes up and up".
Bridget Phillipson, the Labour Party chair, said the "Tories' top team is crammed full of the same vandals who hammered family finances and left our public services crumbling". Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper said Griffith's appointment showed the Conservatives were "happy to forfeit any claim to economic credibility".
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- A Number 10 source said over the weekend that Burnham did not want his government to "stand by and watch on as every bill goes up and up".
- Bridget Phillipson, the Labour Party chair, said the "Tories' top team is crammed full of the same vandals who hammered family finances and left our public services crumbling".
- Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper said Griffith's appointment showed the Conservatives were "happy to forfeit any claim to economic credibility".
- Their justice spokesperson, Jess Brown-Fuller, said Labour's promise to build new cells was not backed by any new money and proved "just how unserious this Government remains about fixing our justice system".
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