Many people will have wished Andy Burnham well when he became Prime Minister a week ago. It's in all our interests that he doesn't make a complete hash of things.

Editorial: With a flurry of cost-of-living measures and a day in Number 10 North, the new prime minister has hit the right early notes

We are approaching the end of Andy Burnham’s first week in power. There are as many questions as answers about where he will ultimately plant his flag on the big macro-economic…