Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised to win over voters 'fed up with politics' and show the world that the UK can once again be a source of stability.
Mr Burnham used his maiden speech as Prime Minister in Downing Street to promise to take power out of Westminster and give the public greater control over 'life's essentials'.
Speaking without the lectern used by his predecessors, Mr Burnham said he would set out a ten-year plan later this year, and, starting on Tuesday, measures to address the cost-of-living squeeze and give people 'breathing space now'.
His first instruction as Prime Minister would be to 'end rough sleeping in our country', he said, after a visit to a homeless charity in London hours earlier. It echoes a promise he made as Greater Manchester mayor and delivered with mixed results.
It marks the end of a remarkable return to frontline politics for a man who was mayor of Greater Manchester just over a month ago.
