Andy Burnham promised greater public control of water, the chance for every area in England to take on new powers and to fix social care in a drive to give “hope” to voters.
As MPs returned from their long summer break, the Prime Minister made a series of policy pledges in a Commons statement on “Government direction”.
But he also hinted at even further action in areas such as electoral reform, tax and energy in a long wish list of his own hopes to change the country.
The scale of Burnham’s ambition was clear but some of the plans will be easier to deliver than others.
Control of water
