Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham
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- City A.M.·1h agoBurnham vows to ‘get serious’ about slashing welfare bill
Andy Burnham has vowed that he will “get serious” about slashing the welfare bill, as the Prime Minister hunts savings to boost defence spending. “We’ve got to get really serious as a country [about] getting the welfare bill down,” Burnham told the BBC in his first full…
Read at City A.M. → - Bloomberg Opinion·4h agoForeign Affairs Test Andy Burnham's Top Team
What a difference a change of leader makes. When news broke last week that two prisoners convicted for killing a policeman in the line of duty were to be the beneficiaries of an early prison-release program, the new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham immediately halted the process,…
Read at Bloomberg Opinion → - Guardian World·22h agoAndy Burnham says he will disagree with Trump in public if necessary
PM promises to ‘defend national interest before anything else’ in first big broadcast interview since entering No 10 Andy Burnham has promised to disagree with Donald Trump if necessary, including in public, in his first big broadcast interview since becoming prime minister.…
Read at Guardian World → - BBC UK News·1d agoAndy Burnham rules out early election in exclusive BBC interview
The new prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that people "voted for a manifesto" that he would honour, when pressed on whether there will be an early general election.
Read at BBC UK News → - BBC Business·2d agoWhat does the South make of the King of the North?
BBC South has been hearing from people about new PM Andy Burnham's first week in the top job.
Read at BBC Business → - The Conversation NZ·2d agoWhat we’ve learned from Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister
The changing of prime ministers, rather than marking epochs, has become rather commonplace. For the politically minded, that doesn’t mean that each is without the hovering of Tony Blair’s “hand of history”. A new premiership may last 49 days, or ten years. But a truly remarkable…
Read at The Conversation NZ → - BBC Politics·2d agoChris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham
The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, the BBC's political editor Chris Mason explains.
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