The frontrunner to be the UK's next prime minister, Andy Burnham
The frontrunner to become Britain’s next prime minister, Andy Burnham, vowed in a keynote speech Monday to “bring about the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen” if he succeeds Keir Starmer.
Burnham, currently the only candidate to replace Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, pledged to devolve greater powers to regional mayors, including in Manchester where until recently he was in charge.
“I am going to give Britain the circuit breaker it needs,” Burnham told an invited audience in the northwest English city, pledging to put power “in the hands of the people and places who can use it best”.
“We need a new determination to raise living standards of every single person in this land,” he added.
