Andy Burnham must redress the balance between markets, fairness and poverty
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As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham’s approach to governance, from bus franchising to efforts on housing and homelessness, was to intervene where markets failed to deliver fair outcomes. If he is to become prime minister – as is widely expected – I hope that his response is similar in tackling another failure of marketisation: the entrenching “poverty premium”.
The “poverty premium”, the extra cost faced by low-income households when they try to access life’s essentials, means that p
The “poverty premium”, the extra cost faced by low-income households when they try to access life’s essentials, means that p
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