The man who would be PM could soon be in a position to help the campaigns he has backed - but would he?

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The former Greater Manchester mayor says this could be the ‘turning point’ for the country

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From Blairite to 'King of the North', The i Paper takes a look at the real Andy Burnham

From hints of income tax to reducing the welfare bill, here's what an Andy Burnham premiership could look like

Andy Burnham could implement radical policies if he is made Prime Minister though he still faces hurdles ahead.

Labour grandees, including some Cabinet ministers, told the Prime Minister that his time was up following Mr Burnham's thumping victory in the Makerfield by-election.

His resounding win in Makerfield surely makes a leadership bid inevitable. But, despite his undeniable charisma and a reinvention as a mayoral man of the people, James Kirkup says…

With by-election victory setting him on path to Downing Street, Burnham assembles unit to deliver in government

The man who would be PM could soon be in a position to help the campaigns he has backed - but would he?

The Labour politician's triumph means he's now our prime-minister-in-waiting, but his wife of 26 years has always flown under the radar

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Andy Burnham has made a series of promises he knows he can't keep. Either that he does not care, so consumed is he with ambition to be Prime Minister, or that he believes he will…

Wes Streeting said Andy Burnham “can win the fight of our lives against the forces of nationalism” as Prime Minister.

His pitch centres on reconnecting Labour with voters amid rising populist sentiment

Expected successor to Keir Starmer has promised to understand voters outside London and those who feel unheard

Questions are mounting for Andy Burnham over what policies he would implement if he becomes Prime Minister within weeks.

Slowing growth. Ballooning interest payments. Rising cost of living. Andy Burnham will inherit Labour at a moment of fiscal peril.

Andy Burnham could keep some familiar faces around his cabinet table