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Andy Burnham’s assault on the government’s galloping privatisation of the NHS in England is a welcome decision to fight on ground favourable to the Labour Party.
It combines an attack on David Cameron’s duplicity, having promised no top-down reorganisation of our health services, with a reminder that, for the Tories and Liberal Democrats, private profits are all-important.
No issue is more important for the majority of voters than the NHS — the post-war Labour government’s jewel in the crown.
A Cabinet clear-out and an apparent rejection of neoliberal orthodoxy have created fresh political momentum, but can entrenched institutional power be overcome by the new PM, wonders ANDREW MURRAY
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
