Andy Burnham was wafted into No 10 for the first time as Prime Minister yesterday on the same welter of vacuous cliches that propelled him to the Labour leadership.

I'm used to being avoided by politicians these days. But Andy Burnham has managed to avoid any rigorous journalistic scrutiny from anybody on his fast track to No 10.

Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader, will set out his domestic priorities in his first speech from Downing Street on Monday after formally taking over from Sir Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham is the UK’s new prime minister – here’s what he said in his first speech