Retailers have called on Andy Burnham to slash their taxes and help them to employ young people, as part of a raft of demands for the Prime Minister-to-be.

The CBI and Energy UK have called on Andy Burnham to slash green levies on bills and bring forward support for energy-intensive firms

Incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been urged to broaden his plans to reform the “broken and unsustainable” business rates system.