Burnham reveals his Alzheimer's-hit father still doesn't know he's PM

Andy Burnham says his father, who doesn't know he is Prime Minister because he is suffering from Alzheimer's, may have recognised him as he came into Downing Street as PM thanks to the staff at his care home.

Mr Burnham has previously spoken movingly about how his father Roy, a former telephone engineer, is suffering from advanced Alzheimer's and is being cared for in a home in the North.

He also revealed ahead of taking up his premiership that this meant Roy did not know his own son was becoming PM.

And in an emotional podcast appearance this week, he broke down as he told broadcaster Elizabeth Day that care home staff still ensured Roy was in front of the television as he appeared outside No10 Downing Street, adding they believed he knew what he was seeing.

Mr Burnham, who has vowed to reform the social care system drawing on his father's experiences, recounted: 'Something wonderful happened when I went into his care home the Sunday after I became Prime Minister.