Government needs to get better at communicating what it stands for, veterans from New Labour era argue
In an interview with the Today programme, John Healey, the defence secretary, rejected the claim by Alastair Campbell and John McTernan that it was a mistake to delay the budget. (See 9.21am.) When this was put to him, he replied:
We saw with Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng what happens when you try and rush a budget. So this needs to be done properly.
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