🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...

Official portrait of Prime Minister Andy Burnham

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "My government will be relentless in tackling small boat crossings. We can choose to play politics on this issue, or we can just get on with it and sort it out. I know which one I’m doing."

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "I visited Ashton Bears during the by-election to hear about their plans and was glad to return last night with a small donation to the fund. Grassroots Rugby League, and sport in general, matters a lot to me. It will be a BIG priority in my time in office.

Second week as Prime Minister ✅

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "I couldn’t be happier to see @bevcraig.bsky.social elected as the next Mayor of Greater Manchester. We’ve worked together for many years, and I’ve seen first-hand her intelligence, compassion and determination.

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🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "I promised to take power out of Westminster. I meant it. For the first time ever, we’re giving Mayors a share of income tax so communities have more control over jobs, transport, housing and public services in their area.

Statement on England and UEFA's boycott of the World Cup: "This is a principled decision that we strongly support. Football belongs to the fans, not billionaire investors. Enough is enough. It’s time to take a stand to protect our game."

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: This is the issue governments keep putting off. That ends now.

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: Football does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands and who stand on the touchline week in, week out, rain or shine. The World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone's to sell.

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social: "Let’s stop telling young people there’s only one way to succeed."

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social Britain stands with Ukraine, shoulder to shoulder, always. Russia should be in no doubt of our resolve, and we will not back down until we achieve long lasting and just peace for Ukraine. Great to see you, President Zelenskyy.

PM Andy Burnham - 'I think this might be the best day of my life'

"Britain doesn't need more decisions made in Whitehall. It needs more power in the hands of people and places that know their communities best. That's exactly what No 10 North will deliver." - Prime Minister Andy Burnham

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social "Britain doesn't need more decisions made in Whitehall. It needs more power in the hands of people and places that know their communities best. That's exactly what No 10 North will deliver."

It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham

Power has been too centralised in Britain and tackling that is key to progress and prosperity. This initiative is ambitious: we’re remaking the state, says UK prime minister Andy Burnham

theguardian.com

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social "Keeping the public safe will always be my top priority. I have instructed my team to put a pause on the sentencing changes that were due to start in September. No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review..."

🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social "I’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates. I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs. They’re the heart of our communities and it’s time we backed them."

To help with the cost of living, @andy-burnham.bsky.social is capping buses at £2 across England - giving millions of people cheaper travel.

🗣️ Prime Minister Andy Burnham: "For too long, people have said that cheaper transport isn't an option. I don't accept that. l've done it before and now I'm doing it again: a £2 cap on bus fares for millions across the country."

🚨 First poll of the Burnham premiership: LAB - 28% (+8) RFM - 28% (N/C) CON - 18% (+1) LDM - 10% (-2) GRN - 10% (-3) OTH - 6% (-4) Via Deltapoll UK Conducted from 17-20 July

Lucy Powell has been appointed as Secretary of State for Education.

Jonathan Reynolds has been appointed Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.

Anneliese Midgley has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will be a member of Cabinet.

Angela Rayner has been appointed as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Hot Podium Guy, gone but certainly won't be forgotten.

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Just in case anyone really thinks it’s the official account…

Yvette Cooper has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Pat McFadden has been reappointed as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.