Badenoch accuses Burnham of no plan for Britain at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch accused Andy Burnham at Prime Minister's Questions of having no plan for Britain, while Burnham promised to set out a ten-year plan before Christmas.
How it was covered
- GB News was the only channel found covering it, concentrating on Jacob Rees-Mogg's attack on Burnham as directionless and reliant on US consultants.
- Channel 5, BBC News, BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, ITV and Sky News: not found in tracked broadcasts.
The Full Story
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GB News reported that Andy Burnham was accused at Prime Minister's Questions of having no plan for Britain in a clash with Kemi Badenoch. According to the channel, Badenoch accused the government of being totally adrift and challenged the Prime Minister over his long-awaited ten-year vision for the country.
Badenoch said: 'We are left with a do-nothing budget, a spending review delayed, a ten-year plan outsourced. Meanwhile, the whole country is in limbo.' GB News also reported her claim that Burnham had knifed Keir Starmer in the back and now did not know what to do.
Burnham hit back at the Conservatives and promised to set out his plan for Britain, including a new national care service, before Christmas, the channel reported. He said: 'She will see our plan for Britain next month presented to this House. It will lay a new path for this country, breaking with the failed policies of the party opposite.'
On his GB News programme, Jacob Rees-Mogg attacked Burnham's leadership. He said the Prime Minister had gone to an American consultancy to tell him what he believes and called him 'unclear', 'vague' and 'a hollow vessel'. The panel also criticised Burnham, with sketch writer Quentin Letts saying he had been 'very boring' at PMQs.
Key Claims
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| Andy Burnham promised to set out a plan for Britain, including a new national care service, before Christmas. | |
| Kemi Badenoch accused Andy Burnham's government of being adrift, citing a do-nothing budget, a delayed spending review and an outsourced ten-year plan. | |
Channel Perspectives
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GB News treated the PMQs clash as evidence that Andy Burnham lacks a clear direction, with Jacob Rees-Mogg leading a scathing assessment of his leadership. The channel focused on the accusation that Burnham has outsourced his ten-year plan to an American consultancy and on his style over substance. It also gave space to panel criticism of Burnham's ideas and Commons performance.
- “We are left with a do-nothing budget, a spending review delayed, a ten-year plan outsourced.”
- “He has no clue. And this leaves a vacuum at the heart of government.”
- “He is unclear, he is vague, he is a hollow vessel.”
Who was on air
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Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
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Quentin Letts, England's favourite sketch writer
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Lisa McKenzie, academic and writer
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Dominic Lawson, columnist and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph
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Broadcast Timeline
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