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Waiting for the grander vision to emerge
ANDY BURNHAM is correct to say that Labour is “crying out for leadership” after Monday night’s shambles over the government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
Burnham claims credit for persuading interim leader Harriet Harman to table a “reasoned amendment” to the Bill before falling in line with her abstention call.
He insists that, were he party leader, he would have opposed the Bill outright.
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Can entrenched institutional power be overcome?
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
