Rachel Reeves Takes Swipe At 'Dangerously Wrong' Andy Burnham

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68da73d31800003d395d0756.jpg?cache=qEZOLPKaaO&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="PM Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves react on stage during day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool " data-caption="PM Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves react on stage during day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images" />PM Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves react on stage during day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/rachel-reeves" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rachel Reeves </a>took a swipe at “dangerously wrong” Andy Burnham as she hit back at his criticisms of her economic policies.</span></p><p>The mayor of Manchester, who is making no secret of his ambition to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister, <span style="font-weight:400">has called on the government to stop being “in hock the bond market”.</span></p><p>That was widely interpreted as a criticism of Reeves’ fiscal rules, which aim to limit public spending to stop government debt spiralling out of control.</p><p><span style="font-weight:400">A poll published today by the More in Common think-tank found that the public would prefer Burnham to Starmer as PM.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">But in her speech to the Labour Party conference on Monday, the chancellor took a thinly-veiled swipe at Burnham.</span></p><p>She said: “<span style="font-weight:400">There are critics out there