Many young people told Alan Milburn that they had lost hope in the system. And that was also the warning from the would-be Labour leader Andy Burnham in an article in today's Times where he warned that the public were 'losing faith and looking elsewhere for answers'.
28 May 2026
Paul McNamara
Senior Political Correspondent
Many young people told Alan Milburn that they had lost hope in the system. And that was also the warning from the would-be Labour leader Andy Burnham in an article in today’s Times where he warned that the public were ‘losing faith and looking elsewhere for answers’.
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