{"id":4846,"date":"2026-07-17T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/burnham-promises-huge-change-now-to-find-out-how-he-will-deliver-it\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:09","slug":"burnham-promises-huge-change-now-to-find-out-how-he-will-deliver-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/burnham-promises-huge-change-now-to-find-out-how-he-will-deliver-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham promises huge change &#8211; now to find out how he will deliver it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burnham promises huge change &#8211; now to find out how he will deliver it<\/p>\n<div data-block=\"headline\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1sg5ff4-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg.webp 800w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Burnham, in a dark suit and red tie, raises both hands to point up, as he delivers his leadership \" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bVW2Lh.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5f99\/live\/21b54350-81e4-11f1-9b73-1d2c7fa8d439.jpg 800w\" width=\"812\" height=\"457\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"byline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"single-byline\" class=\"ssrcss-sevsa1-ContributorContainer ee66fvo3\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dt4z-ContributorInfo ee66fvo0\"><span class=\"ssrcss-nsjd43-TextContributorName epw3ir01\">Henry Zeffman<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dqo7s5-ContributorDetails ee66fvo2\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1m5444d-Text ee66fvo4\">Chief Political Correspondent<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"metadata\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"metadata\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-07-17T13:52:20.476Z\">12 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">As Andy Burnham waited to enter the hall for the moment he has dreamed about for at least 16 years, he told us he was feeling &#8220;good\u2026 ready&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">How could he not feel good? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the course of a whirlwind four weeks, every wing of the parliamentary Labour Party has anointed him as the only person able to reverse their electoral predicament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ready? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That&#8217;s where even some of his strongest supporters are little less sure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And ready for what? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For leadership of the Labour Party and the country, of course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But this was a speech where Burnham set his ambitions far higher than the conventional measure of political success: elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Understandably, given this was a Labour Party event, he spoke about his desire to change the culture of the Labour Party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than that though, he vowed to banish factionalism from the party for good. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are plenty of people from different Labour factions who bear the scars of failed attempts to do that, as well as others who see it as an undesirable goal: not so much unity of purpose, they argue, but unity over purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And Burnham&#8217;s bold ambitions extend to the prime ministership too. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1d4t8ty-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/45c1\/live\/f6e95750-81e4-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/45c1\/live\/f6e95750-81e4-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg.webp 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https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/45c1\/live\/f6e95750-81e4-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/45c1\/live\/f6e95750-81e4-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg 800w\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He argued that Britain took a wrong turn in the 1980s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Four decades of neoliberalism&#8221; had followed, he said, damaging traditional working-class communities in cities and towns as well as rural and coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is what he promised to reverse. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Doing so, he said, would amount to no less than &#8220;the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will not have been lost on any Labour MPs listening that in making this argument Burnham is not only criticising Thatcherism, but also the accommodation with elements of it which he clearly believes the New Labour governments he served represented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In any case, it bears repeating that a pledge to represent the biggest change of direction in British politics for four decades is quite some test to set your own premiership three days before it has begun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">How will he deliver that economic change? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We learnt a bit about that a few weeks ago in the only major speech Burnham delivered during the leadership election, in which he said he would decentralise power, starting with relocating part of No 10 Downing Street to Manchester. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We are a few days away from finding out more about how No 10 North will work, and in particular how it will operate in conjunction with the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was striking to say the least that Burnham went out of his way in his speech to declare that he had still not decided who would occupy the top jobs in his team, presumably including the job of chancellor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For some Labour MPs this will be a niggling sign of indecision. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"links\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div spacing=\"4\" class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<ul role=\"list\" spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-94r6ik-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div spacing=\"4\" class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-7zrqh4-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Andy Burnham says &#8216;I have a plan&#8217; as he is confirmed new Labour leader<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ulytiq-LinkIconContainer e3eyuya3\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div spacing=\"4\" class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-7zrqh4-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">A very quick guide to Andy Burnham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ulytiq-LinkIconContainer e3eyuya3\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">8 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div spacing=\"4\" class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-7zrqh4-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Five headaches Andy Burnham will have to deal with as PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ulytiq-LinkIconContainer e3eyuya3\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">8 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div spacing=\"4\" class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-7zrqh4-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">What we know about Andy Burnham&#8217;s policies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ulytiq-LinkIconContainer e3eyuya3\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" class=\"ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M21.6 14.3 5.5 31h6.4l14.6-15L11.9 1H5.5l16.1 16.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">1 day ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Not because of the personalities involved (by common consensus thought to be Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood) but because to their supporters and detractors alike they each represent rather different economic courses that the Burnham government could take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The admission that Burnham has not chosen a chancellor, then, may well also be a statement of intent that he believes he can drive his government&#8217;s economic policy from 10 Downing Street (the letterbox says First Lord of the Treasury, after all), including No 10 North.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Burnham was plain that he believes the weeks of briefing about who might be a contender to be his chancellor is a symbol of the political culture he hopes to change. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Indeed, that was another lofty ambition: to build consensus across party lines and in the process detoxify Britain&#8217;s political discourse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manage that, he said, and &#8220;the turbulence of the last decade may not quite feel as inevitable as it does today&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That was the clearest indication that Burnham sees himself as something much more significant than merely latest in a long list of post-Brexit prime ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Presumably at the equivalent points Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Theresa May thought that of themselves too &#8211; not to mention Sir Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When he speaks outside No 10 on Monday, we will learn more about whether Burnham really does have a plan ready to deliver on his bold 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