Burnham Opens Labour Conference With Pledge of Hope and Change
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered his first conference speech in Liverpool, pledging to launch a National Care Service and end the pension triple lock from 2030 to fund social care.
- Replacing Sir Keir Starmer in July, Burnham promised to 'break with the direction of the past 40 years' and return to traditional Labour values, emotionally referencing his recently deceased father, Roy.
- Legislation planned for later this year aims to repeal the 'ideological ban on public ownership of water companies,' placing the UK on a 10-year path to a 'very different water system.'
- While delegates gave Burnham 11 standing ovations, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed his speech lacked long-term economic solutions, warning he would take Britain 'back to the 1970s' with increased government control.
- His new GB Grid company aims to reduce energy prices to European levels within 10 years, alongside a proposed national commission on electoral reform to ensure 'everyone's voice is heard' at the next election.
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Burnham puts housing front and centre at Labour conference
The Architects’ Journal Burnham puts housing front and centre at Labour conference Prime Minister Andy Burnham gave an emotional promise to prioritise housing ‘as an essential everyone needs for a good life’ in his speech to Labour’s annual conference yesterday (29 September) The post Burnham puts housing front and centre at Labour conference appeared first on The Architects’ Journal AJ news desk
How Burnham Restored Hope In Every (Labour) Heart
Andy Burnham delivers his leader's speech.Optimism doesn’t come naturally to Labour.Even though the party has crept back up the polls since Andy Burnham got into power, delegates at this year’s annual conference spent the first few days quietly mocking his official slogan of “hope again”.MPs also seemed mysterious absent during the initial events, sparking speculation that some had cancelled their trips in protest at Keir Starmer’s premiership a…
Burnham sets out his socialist stall and business barely gets a mention
We were told to expect a speech that would leave no room for doubt about what Andy Burnham believes in, and we got one. There might not be much detail yet about how the Burnham Revolution will unfold but there is no ambiguity, either. The Prime Minister painted a vision of what this country could [...]
Andy Burnham gave his first speech at the Labour Conference in Liverpool on Tuesday in front of a cheering crowd, but political experts warn against resting on the high.
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