Andy Burnham has set out sweeping plans for greater state control over essential utilities, the biggest council housebuilding programme for 50 years and fresh help to tackle the cost of living crisis.
In his first major speech as Britain’s prime minister-in-waiting, Burnham also promised to accelerate plans for greater devolution of power, saying the UK’s current model had left Londoners with “an overheated economy”.
The former Greater Manchester mayor is on track to become UK prime minister on July 20, following Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to step down after poor election results.
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