Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’ Kemi Badenoch has claimed that Britain is heading for a “summer of chaos” because there is a power vacuum in No 10.In a speech this morning about Andy Burnham, the Conservative leader said:Britain is heading for a summer of chaos. We have a caretaker prime minister, barely in office, definitely not in power. All major policy and spending decisions have been put on hold. The last defence secretary resigned because the money needed to keep Britain safe has not been found ….Ministers of the Home Office are fighting each other. In fact, the immigration minister has been banned from seeing government documents. Rachel Reeves is ringing round businesses trying to get them to say that sacking her would risk destabilising the economy, as if that hasn’t happened already. She should have had was the good grace to resign alongside Keir Starmer.Andy Burnham is already the prime minister in everything but name. He needs to act like a leader, put an end to speculation, walk into No 10, name his cabinet and come to parliament to tell the country what he plans to do. Continue reading...