Ten-year plan for Britain to be published before Christmas, Burnham says

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The Prime Minister says his decade-long vision will be launched before the New Year as Kemi Badenoch labelled his Government as ‘adrift’.

Andy Burnham has said he will launch his 10-year vision for the country’s future next month as Kemi Badenoch said the Prime Minister was devoid of a plan for Britain.

Mr Burnham said his proposals will include more details on a national care service when they are announced before Christmas.

He said the document would “lay a new path” for the country and “break with the failed policies of the party opposite”.

In response, Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch said his Government was “adrift” and Labour had left the UK in “limbo”.

She had pressed the Prime Minister on unhappiness from Labour MPs about his proposals for the next decade which have been reported in the Guardian.

Among the concerns were from the leader of the Labour reindustrialisation research group Andy MacNae (Rossendale and Darwen) who said that plans for reindustrialisation may not be realised.

Meanwhile, fellow group member Jonathan Hinder (Pendle and Clitheroe) told the newspaper that “pretty drastic action” was needed.

It has also emerged that the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is advising on the strategy.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mrs Badenoch said: “Is it really true he has so little vision for this country he needs the Boston Consulting Group to write it for him?”

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