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Kemi Badenoch is warning new PM Andy Burnham to avoid tax hikes and instead slash benefits spending, warning Britain risks becoming a “welfare state with a country attached” if he doesn’t act. Burnham, eager to move past politics, is open to cross-party deals but faces Badenoch’s scrutiny over his vague economic plans—including potential new taxes like a “death tax” and land value tax—that could hit middle-class families. She urges him to explain how he’ll fund promises like cutting energy bills and nationalizing Thames Water, while also pushing for full lifting of the oil and gas exploration ban, calling the current Net Zero approach “deindustrialisation.” Badenoch fears his lack of clarity could spark another damaging economic summer.

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