So that’s what Burnhamism is all about

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivering his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference (Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

If you heard a faint fizzing sound around 2.30pm yesterday, it may have been your local economist popping open a celebratory bottle of Champagne.

That was the moment Andy Burnham did something in his speech to Labour conference that, even 24 hours beforehand, felt politically impossible – he announced the end of the state pension triple lock.

Actually, not even that. He signalled that Labour would put an adjustment to the triple lock in its party manifesto at the next election, with the Read Entire Article