Starmer launches long defence of his record when asked about former PM’s essay critiquing current government
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn.
He says Milburn’s report is “really important and powerful”.
I could see in the first few weeks after being appointed as the secretary of state what was happening, both in human and in financial terms, [in terms of youth unemployment].
And I knew that we had to get properly under the bonnet of this problem, because there’s a lot more thing than one thing happening here …
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-05-28 16:15:00
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