Andy Burnham

“£1bn 'Good Growth Fund'”

“pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England would be given a 20% cut to business rates from April”

“Andy Burnham's daily average for small boat arrivals stands at 137, dwarfing Sir Keir Starmer's 106 tally”

“A staggering 79,275 migrants crossed the Channel by small boat during Sir Keir Starmer's time in No10, making him the worst-performing Prime Minister on record for small boat crossings.”

“Despite Mr Burnham hailing an uptick in interventions, the new Prime Minister has presided over 3,003 small boat arrivals in his first 22 days in power.”

“Meanwhile, Boris Johnson's daily average stood at just 58 and Rishi Sunak's roughly equated to 82.”

“A record-breaking 230 were crammed onto a single vessel which left northern France for Dover yesterday.”

“Mr Burnham continues to point out that small boat crossings have dropped compared to 2025, with a reduction of around 40 per cent.”

“not possible to simply exclude one or two offenders”

“temporary removal of VAT from household energy bills at a reported cost of £850million”

“a £2 bus fare cap costing £500million”

“a £100million support package for pubs and live music venues”

“if he wins the by-election on Thursday”

“£10.5bn payout”

“Burnham’s existing proposal to reform the tax would see the threshold for 100 per cent small business rates relief hiked from £12,000 to £18,000.”

“Andy Burnham has suggested he would support more than 3.5m women who are seeking compensation, hinting at a billions of pounds spending commitment if he enters Downing Street.”

“he would look to become Labour leader – and therefore Prime Minister – if he wins the by-election on Thursday.”

“The number of crossings is down by 50 per cent this year compared with the same period in 2025 and the month we've just had,”

“pushed to the very limits of what is possible to do by blocking the freeing of 1,000 rapists and 'serious' child sex offenders.”

“Andy Burnham has confirmed that two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers will be released from prison early”

“This will be backed by £10million in new funding to provide trauma-informed contacts for victims, alongside a new national helpline," the Makerfield added.”

“However, Mr Burnham is now introducing a £10million package to assist victims dealing with the early release of criminals.”

“net migration surging to a record high of 944,000 in the year ending March 2023 before dropping to 649,000 in June 2024”

“2,000 migrants broke into Britain over the English Channel during his first fortnight in No10.”

“98% of the people who swam to the African territory had been returned to Morocco”

“there had been a similar doubling of French officers”

“The Labour candidate claimed victory in Thursday's by-election after securing 309,525 votes over Reform's Sian Astley, who won 157,178.”

“Prime Minister Andy Burnham also backed regulation and said he wanted to ensure 'the highest standards' applied.”

“Prime Minister said that health, social care and young people’s employment must take priority before any commitment to spend three per cent of GDP on defence”

“Burnham was asked at a press conference on Wednesday about his commitment to defence spending, a move that would require at least £9bn more a year”

“The Prime Minister announced he would visit a BAE Systems factory today in Barrow in the North to hail £8.4bn investment in the UK’s next nuclear deterrent submarine programme, the Dreadnought”

“estimated to cost the Government an additional £18billion”

“would need a further £12billion to £23billion”

“would raise £9billion”

“£8.4billion funding boost”

“four new Dreadnought class submarines”

“22,000 defence apprenticeships by 2035”

“3.5 per cent by 2035”

“Baroness Louise Casey will bring forward her review into social care by a year”

“The submarines produced in Barrow will protect Britain for decades to come, and the 47,000 jobs and apprenticeships will change lives both in this town and in dozens of places like it," he said prior…”

“He wants an independent review of care to be brought forward by a year to 2027”

“No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review and done everything we can to minimise risk to the public.”

“Within his first week in Downing Street, Mr Burnham pledged to eliminate rough sleeping with £340million in new funding, scrapped VAT on electricity bills at a cost of roughly £850million, and reinst…”

“I'm not going rule things out right now. I do believe we need a greater sense of fairness.”

“Britain took a wrong turn in the 1980s. "Four decades of neoliberalism" had followed, he said, damaging traditional working-class communities in cities and towns as well as rural and coastal areas.”

“he would decentralise power, starting with relocating part of No 10 Downing Street to Manchester.”

“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 believ…”

“When my wife got pregnant for the first time it was a complete shock. My first thought was, 'Oh my God, we'll have to get married'.”

“Burnham reportedly supports a proposal by campaign group Fairer Share, which which suggests a levy equivalent to 0.48% of a property's value.”

“No. 10 North will be the nerve center of a rewired Britain … It will be the conduit through which we redistribute power and resources across the U.K.”

“Burnham expects to be confirmed as prime minister on July 17, one day after the House of Commons enters its summer recess”

“You are owed the truth, and your families are owed the truth. You are owed justice, reparation and accountability to the extent that is possible. The Prime Minister of this country, whoever that is, …”

“Andy Burnham has said "nothing is off the table" as he vowed to take action against a vile grooming gang ringleader set to be released from prison... The 73-year-old, known to his victims as "Daddy",…”

“he, his wife Marie-France van Heel and their three children, Jimmy, Rosie, and Anne-Marie, were "are as tight a five-strong family unit as mine was before us"”

“In the early days, I used to phone my little boy and tell him to put the Parliament channel on because I was voting in five minutes and I’d promise to wave to him. So, I used to walk through the Comm…”

“There are a few events that I have missed because I was at Parliament or on some ministerial duty. Jimmy was in a play last year that I couldn’t get back for. And, when I was running for the leadersh…”

“55 per cent of the vote, with 24,937 votes.”

“majority of 9,231.”

“In his speech in Manchester, Burnham said Westminster “is broken” and the country is “stuck in a rut” after “20 years of falling living standards”.”

“He pointed to the loss of “almost one and a half million council homes since the 1980s”.”

“with “10-year plans to bring down the cost of these essentials”.”

“part of a “10-year mission” even Burnham himself admits will take time.”

“Burnham could be confirmed as Labour leader, likely unopposed, as early as Friday 17 July.”

“He would then take over from Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday 20 July – the day after the World Cup final.”

“Rather than being a marker of decline, shouldn't we make our high streets the new symbol of Britain's renaissance?”

“In the past, he has declared family businesses made up the 'heart and soul' of high streets across the country and must be handed the 'chance to thrive'.”

“I have said that I thought the weight of the burden on employers’ national insurance wasn’t the right decision. However, it was the decision... There is more that needs to be done to listen to the vo…”

“The (Government) has undervalued the contribution these businesses make to our livelihoods and our communities. Our high streets matter to me because they matter to the people who live here.”

“I’m in a solid third position in terms of nominations received,” he says. “If you look on the Labour website, I’m third [based on] nominations and indications of support.”

“Sadly, Gordon [Brown] and Alistair [Darling] couldn’t be persuaded,” he recalls, with frustration.”

“And asked about Peter Mandelson’s memoirs, The Third Man, he says: “It goes to the heart of why I’m standing . . . Labour needs to make a clean break from the self-indulgence, the elitism, the factio…”

“I have been on the record as saying I’m tending towards a change to AV. [...] I’m tending that way, but it’s not a done deal yet.”

“end 40 years of neoliberalism”

“Andy Burnham is set to deliver a major speech today unveiling his 10-year plan for power as Prime Minister.”

“I am also very worried that the Health Secretary has today opened the door to waiting times getting longer again for the first time in a decade.”

“between 100,000 and 150,000 homes annually, around 10 times the rate of more recent years”

“the entire 10-year £39bn affordable housing budget for England”

“£12,570 starting threshold”

“will return to parliament on Monday after a nine-year absence”

“with a majority of more than 9,000 votes”

“with the £2 fares”

“A Remain backer in 2016, Burnham said at Labour Party conference on 29 September that he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime”

“as per reporting from 20 May”

“in an interview with Radio 4 on 20 November”

“In an interview with the New Statesman published on 24 September, Burnham said: 'We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets'”

“in a speech to the Institute for Fiscal Studies on 20 January”

“In an interview on 18 May, after the announcement of the Makerfield by-election, Burnham said he would stick to the government’s current fiscal rules”

“On 29 April, he said Labour needed to consider a 'different course' which could include borrowing outside of the fiscal rules to pay for increased spending”

“On 12 June, a few days before voters went to the polls in Makerfield, but after Healey and Carns had resigned, Burnham echoed a call by the former Labour defence secretary, George Robertson, to cut w…”

“Burnham told the New Statesman’s Ailbhe Rea in an interview on 3 June that he is open-minded on North Sea oil and gas”

“In an interview on 16 May, Burnham said the UK needs to put more things back in public control: 'energy, housing, water, transport'”

“In an interview on 10 June 2025, Burnham said: 'We have got to have more of a politics of co-operation'”

“In an interview on 31 May he described the 'straitjacket of the whip'”

“In a speech the following day (17 May), Burnham appeared to soften his position”

“Burnham clarified this position in an interview on 4 June, reiterating that he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime”

“he will lay out plans for "No 10 North", including a radical programme of English devolution. The former Manchester mayor will declare he needs a decade to overhaul Britain”

“Burnham will set out a commitment for a "10-year mission" to raise living standards, as well as proposals on youth employment”

“Burnham laid out a 10-year plan to revive a UK economy he described as stuck in a rut since the 2008 financial crash.”

“If we don't do something like this, "the North-South divide will only widen in the decades ahead."”

“Andy Burnham will return to parliament on Monday after a nine-year absence as the MP for Makerfield.”

“The former Manchester mayor was elected by a landslide, with a majority of more than 9,000 votes.”

“you just can't keep having referendum after referendum”

“it's time to "tear up" the formula”

“funding "would be allocated to the regions and nations based on social factors and levels of need"”

“He described the Westminster system as 'broken' and called for 'radical' change.”

“He said this would include taking power away from devolved parliaments and empowering communities.”

“He said: 'The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from Holyrood and the Senedd as they do from Westminster.'”

“He suggested that employment support, for example, could be reformed to give more control to local grassroots organisations.”

“Mr Burnham said he was confident of getting 33 MPs' backing”

“But Mr Burnham, who will need to get another 12 MPs' backing in three days, told Sky News: "I'm confident I can reach the target."”

“Working side-by-side with business we’ve built the country’s fastest growing economy.”

“In January Burnham described it as a “modern and functional response to the high inequality, low-growth trap that came from the 1980s drive to privatise economic power and overcentralise political po…”

“could become the next prime minister as early as 20 July”

“only Labour MP to announce”

“Burnham said he wanted powers to go "deeper down" in Wales. The meaning was not confirmed on Monday, although a Labour source said this referred to giving powers to councils.”

“He said he would set up a "No 10 North" responsible for devolution, moving some Downing Street functions to Manchester.”

“He promised to "bring about the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen", saying: "It is time for Whitehall to accept that growth cannot be ordered from the top down."”

“Burnham vowed the days of "Whitehall fighting" the devolution of power into the regions of England and the UK nations "are over for good".”

“It will be about offering new opportunities to extend devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by taking power deeper down, [...] The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from H…”

“Burnham promised "good growth in every postcode", with "powers for areas undergoing industrial transition like Port Talbot, Scunthorpe and Aberdeen".”