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Peter Kyle, a former cabinet minister under Sir Keir Starmer who recently left Andy Burnham's government, told the BBC that Burnham’s administration is not doing enough to boost economic growth. Speaking two months after being sacked in Burnham's cabinet reshuffle, Kyle suggested that the government should prioritize short-term sacrifices for long-term economic benefits and implement a "tax growth test" to measure each tax's impact on the economy. He expressed concern over the pace of implementing workers' rights and urged more urgency in economic policies amid forecasts from the OECD predicting UK GDP growth at 1% this year, down from earlier estimates.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-26,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Andy Burnham, recently appointed as Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party, pledged to set the UK on a "new course" a decade after the Brexit vote. At the Labour conference in Liverpool, he emphasized the need to draw a line under the last 10 years marked by drift and division, aiming to foster hope for improvement. Burnham said his vision would leave people with renewed confidence that life will get better. He also acknowledged the impact of social issues like child poverty and promised progress on these fronts. Despite challenges, including potential disputes over Israel policy, Labour's feel-good factor has improved significantly since last year. The conference, along with upcoming government initiatives, aims to set out Burnham’s vision for a more stable Britain.
Written for “UK Labour Party Conference” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 26 other(s) covering the same event.
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A cabinet minister under Sir Keir Starmer has said Andy Burnham's government is not focused enough on boosting economic growth and needs to act with "more urgency".
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Speaking to the BBC two months after being sacked in Burnham's cabinet reshuffle upon entering office, Peter Kyle said he wasn't making a "criticism" but "pointing to the potential that we have as a country and as a government".
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we → speak → government
"If the destination means prosperity, it means freedom for people to do new things, and it means security for people and families, then why wouldn't we put our foot down and get there quicker," the former business secretary said.
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secretary → mean → foot
It comes as Labour prepares to gather in Liverpool for its annual conference.
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Labour → come → conference
Burnham will address the conference on Tuesday and has said his speech would leave nobody in any doubt about "what I'm trying to do in this role."
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I → address → role
He has previously said his time as Greater Manchester mayor had given him "a clear theory of growth" stressing his belief in the importance of devolving powers to local areas.
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time → say → areas
Giving regions and nations more control would, he has argued, create the conditions for "good growth in every postcode".
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he → give → postcode
Kyle served as science secretary and later business secretary in the Starmer government, but has now returned to the backbenches as the MP for Hove and Portslade.
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Kyle → serve → Hove
In an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, he said the government should be willing to take decisions that involve "short-term" pain in order to deliver economic growth, suggesting a delay to expanding workers' rights.
"We might need to look and have honest conversations with unions about how we sequence some of the rights going forward in order to make sure that we get growth into the economy in the shorter term," he said.
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The government's Employment Rights Act was passed in December 2025 but some of the changes are not due to come into force until next year.
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some → pass → year
The former minister also suggested introducing a "tax growth test" which would measure the impact of each tax on the economy and asking government experts to review "obstacles" to growth.
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which → suggest → growth
Asked if there was enough focus on growth in the government, Kyle replied: "I don't think there is and that isn't a criticism - it is pointing to the potential that we have as a country and as a government.
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we → ask → government
I think we need to up our ambition, I think that we need to act with more urgency when it comes to economic growth."
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Chancellor John Healey is due to give his first Budget on 28 October, but faces rising debt costs and warnings of slower economic growth.
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According to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the UK economy is expected to grow by 1%, slightly less than the 1.1% previously forecast.
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Earlier this week, Starmer ally Darren Jones told the New Statesman, external he thought Sir Keir should have been given more time in office and decried "this modern approach of getting queasy and then just changing [leader] too rapidly".
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Keir → tell → leader
"In the past it was normal for governments to be unpopular midterm because you've got to take difficult structural long-term decisions."
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The former chief secretary to the prime minister added: "Irrespective of what's happened and how, we want it to be successful, and we have a collective responsibility to help make that the case.
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that → add → responsibility
"We, as backbenchers in the PLP [Parliamentary Labour Party], are looking to… Andy and his team to get that right.
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We want them to get it right."
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