Delivering his first speech outside Downing Street, his new residence, Burnham framed the leadership transition as “a circuit breaker for Britain,” one that will bring forth the “biggest changes in the last forty years.”
Acknowledging the revolving door of Westminster, Burnham said “Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again” and expressed a readiness to take on the challenge.
Burnham, who until recently served as mayor of Greater Manchester, echoed pledges he made during his first speech as Labour leader on Friday and vowed to re-embrace working class communities while representing all of the U.K.
It falls on Burnham to help heal the splintered relationship between Westminster and Washington.
"This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with," Trump said of Starmer at the height of tensions in March, as he accused the former U.K. leader of "ruining" relationships.
Burnham is also said to have reaffirmed the U.K.’s commitment to “securing the movement of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz” amid the renewed U.S.-Iran conflict over the vital trade passage.
The invitation is reportedly set to coincide with the 2027 G20 summit, which is rumoured to be taking place in Manchester.
During his Makerfield by-election campaign in June, Burnham issued a stark warning about the U.K. heading towards the political pathway of the U.S.
The U.K.’s environmental policies have been a frequent target for Trump, whose Administration has moved to roll back climate measures.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the move, urging the U.K. to expand its drilling in the North Sea.
On the eve of Burnham entering Downing Street, Trump claimed that “the people of Aberdeen, in Scotland, are dancing in the streets because the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has stated that he will be opening up, all the way, the invaluable North Sea Oil."
Burnham’s first instruction as Prime Minister aims to tackle rough sleeping
“I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction, to end rough sleeping in our country,” Burnham said as he addressed the nation outside Downing Street, just hours after visiting a homelessness charity in London.
The government later announced Burnham’s national drive will be “backed from day one by an additional £340 million [around $456 million].”
Burnham also led efforts to tackle rough sleeping in Manchester during his mayoral tenure. The number of people seen sleeping rough in Greater Manchester on a single night was 44% below the peak in 2017, according to a February 2024 report by Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Burnham to set out a “10-year plan” for Britain
The Prime Minister pointed towards the deindustrialization and privatization movements seen in the 1980s, which he deems as failures, particularly for those outside of the capital.
As part of the 10-year plan and his broader mission to restore public trust in politics, Burnham committed to “put life's essentials back under stronger public control to make them affordable to you again, reindustrializing Britain using public procurement to back British industry.”
Burnham said from Tuesday onwards he will start laying out efforts to give “people some breathing space” by helping with the cost of living.
Burnham also expanded on his plans to oversee “the biggest council house building programme" since the postwar period. “We will build more council homes. That is the fair and sustainable way to bring the welfare bill down, to meet our fiscal rules, and to honor our commitments on defence to our international partners,” he said.
The newly-instated Prime Minister has not yet laid out plans for how his cost of living measures or housing plans will be funded.
A focus on supporting young people and their futures
Earlier this month, Burnham argued there should be recognition that “it's harder growing up these days than it was for us in the 70s and 80s.”
Instead, Burnham is keen for “technical qualifications” to be highlighted and would ideally like for 45-day work placements to be available to young people who want them, alongside more apprenticeships of a higher quality.
“All of this is needed to deal with the situation that we have, where too many young people find that they get to their late teenage years, or their 20s, and don't have a clear path in life,” said Burnham.
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