Andy Burnham lines up ex-Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff

Andy Burnham chooses Labour Friends of Israel ex-chair as chief of staff, report says

James Purnell was a cabinet minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Burnham appoints ex-Labour Friends of Israel chair as chief of staff

Andy Burnham, the new Makerfield MP and almost certainly the UK’s next prime minister, has appointed James Purnell as his chief of staff. Purnell was the chairperson of parliamentary lobby group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), for two years. The former MP was also DWP secretary under Tony Blair and has been described as the architect of Labour’s discriminatory ‘contributory principle’ on benefits. He has argued against vital benefits such as th…

Andy Burnham tips lobbyist and Blairite former minister to be new chief of staff

Andy Burnham, who is widely tipped to become the next Prime Minister, has reportedly chosen Blairite and former Cabinet minister James Purnell as…

Burnham is ‘someone who will listen and who cares,’ says Jewish former special adviser

The former mayor of Greater Manchester looks set to appoint James Purnell, the erstwhile chair of Labour Friends of Israel, as his chief of staff

Andy Burnham lines up ex-Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff

The likely next U.K. prime minister has chosen one of his oldest political allies in Westminster who helped him become an MP in 2001.

James Purnell, former UK culture secretary and BBC executive, set ...

Purnell will be right-hand-man to the Prime Minister-in-waiting.