'Be a leader, not a people-pleaser': Kemi Badenoch rips into Andy Burnham's spending plans at PMQs - AOL

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In his first Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Burnham was asked multiple times whether he planned to increase taxes to pay for his spending plans.
47% : "He needs to pay for all his new promises, and he has a choice: higher taxes, more borrowing or spending cuts.
47% : So what exactly has he cut?" Mr Burnham replied: "In terms of 'what has he cut', tax is the simple answer to that question.
46% : In turn, he said he was committed to bringing down the welfare bill
45% : Yes or no?" Responding, Mr Burnham said: "I've already indicated my first moves were to cut tax, but I'm not going to do what any prime minister has done and write the Budget here.
43% : " The leaders clashed over the Government's spending commitments, as Ms Badenoch said the PM needed to be a "leader not a people-pleaser".
40% : " It came as middle income earners look increasingly likely to face a fresh tax squeeze after gilt markets threatened to blow a £6 billion hole in the Chancellor's Budget plans.
37% : Is he preparing to raise taxes again?
34% : Andy Burnham refused to rule out tax rises in the upcoming budget as he was accused of being a "people-pleaser" and not a leader.

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