'It’s when hope meets reality that we’ll really know if the PM-in-waiting’s vision will translate into better lives for tens of millions of households'

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'If he does end up in Number 10, the country will get the same Andy Burnham I am privileged to call my friend', Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram writes

Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, is expected to set out his economic agenda on Monday in his first major speech since announcing he would stand for the Labour…

With only weeks to go until he is expected to become Prime Minister, Andy Burnham will use a key speech to pledge to raise living standards through reindustrialisation, housing,…

For now, Andy Burnham is the most popular man in Westminster. But how long he can hold onto that title depends on what he does next as the political reality sets in

Andy Burnham, the newly elected MP, will on Monday pledge to give Britain the “circuit-breaker it needs” in a major speech unveiling his plans for devolution and the economy

The things people reach for as positives about the PM-in-waiting Andy Bunrham don’t necessarily augur all that well

With only weeks to go until he could become PM, Andy Burnham will start to set out his agenda, beginning with a highly-anticipated speech in Manchester this morning

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’

Britain's expected next prime minister unveils 10-year plan to boost growth

In Burham's Britain, there will be "good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart." But platitudes aside, this agenda is deeply radical.

Andy Burnham has promised a 'new era of possibility' as he set out his plans for a ten-year mission to raise living standards in his first speech since he effectively became PM in…

The prime minister-in-waiting made Labour MPs feel good about themselves – and the future of the party – with his speech in Manchester. But he ducked questions from journalists –…

The UK's incoming prime minister has interesting ideas but short-termism is a feature of national politics today

Starmer failed to fix a broken economic model; Burnham must not make the same mistake, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version

'It’s when hope meets reality that we’ll really know if the PM-in-waiting’s vision will translate into better lives for tens of millions of households'

Andy Burnham reintroduced himself to the public as the Prime Minister-in-waiting, with a promise of a decade-long mission to fix living standards and rewire the country

Editorial: The country’s likely next prime minister sketches a post-Thatcherite state built on radical devolution. The test is whether Whitehall yields

Plans include greater regional power, public ownership of utilities and the end of trickle-down economics