Andy Burnham will say that Britain needs to move to “a new path” and pledge to make policies that are “unashamedly Labour” when he makes his first speech as leader of the party tomorrow.The former mayor of Manchester will be confirmed as Sir Keir Starmer’s replacement at a special conference in London.
According to a source, in his speech he will pledge to introduce policies that he believes will boost the economy, including more public control, reindustrialisation and returning power to local communities.He will say “Britain took a series of wrong turns in the 1980s” when “political power was centralised and economic power privatised” – policies introduced by former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Makerfield MP will say that to build an economy and a country that works for all people and places, Britain must take “a new path to the one we’ve been on for the last 40 years”.
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Burnham, who officially becomes prime minister on Monday (20 July), will describe his vision for a renewed Labour government that is focused on driving growth in every postcode.
