Politicians 'need to be better' says Burnham in first speech as prime minister

Let’s make this the moment that Britain starts to believe again” said the UK’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street to applause. Subscribe ► youtube.com
Speaking without notes or the usual prime minister’s lectern, Burnham said he was “acutely conscious” that he was the “seventh prime minister since 2016”. “It requires my generation of politicians to raise our game,” he added, saying he wanted to make politics “more about problem-solving than point-scoring”. Find out more about what Burnham said, including promises to help more young people get into work, building more council homes and putting an end to rough sleeping by tapping the link ► theguardian.com
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