Burnham: Curb NHS spending to protect other services - 8 in the morning, June 17th

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* Andy Burnham says schools and soclai care, in particular, could be disproportionately affected by plans to increase health spending year on year.

* Next week’s budget will be an excuse to shrink the state for ideological purposes, writes Seumas Milne.

* A new wave of BA strikes is possible in August, reports the Guardian.

* The New Statesman has a useful summary of where each of the Labour leadership candidates stand on the major issues…

* What role will the unions play in deciding the Labour leadership?, asks Michael White.

* Sunder Katwala returns to the Fabian hustings and asks: ‘What can we learn by debating the recent past?’

* There’s mystery over Ed Balls’ claim that the Milibands are briefing against each other, writes James Macintyre.

* Diane Abbott brings the Labour leadership race to life: Listen to last week’s Guardian podcast.

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Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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