Badenoch says Burnham’s ambitions for Britain are ‘too small’ after business rates cut for pub and clubs in England – UK politics live

The Conservative party leader accused the prime minister of still thinking like the mayor of Manchester'

Kemi Badenoch is speaking in central London at the moment and is expected to say that Andy Burnham is still thinking like the mayor of Manchester".

Going by what he's announced so far, Andy Burnham's ambitions for Britain are too small," she was expected to say.

My message to British businesses is quite simple: to British businesses, to British innovators, to British investors: I will back you as your Chancellor, and I'll back you in financial services, in technology, in retail, in industry, in all parts of the economy.

I'm just as concerned about the cost of business as I am about the cost of living.