Burnham’s first conference speech as prime minister is due Tuesday
A Guardian podcast discusses Pippa Crerar’s interview with Andy Burnham, which covered why he is prime minister and the changes he wants to make.
Andy Burnham is due to make his first speech at Labour conference as prime minister on Tuesday. Ahead of the address, he spoke with The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar about why he is in the job and what changes he wants to make.
In a podcast published on Monday, Crerar and Kiran Stacey discussed the interview and Burnham’s comments. The episode summary does not give further detail about his answers.
The podcast also refers to the mood behind the scenes at the conference but does not describe it.
Separately, Burnham announced on 27 September a proposal for universal, free-at-point-of-use social care in England to appear in Labour’s next general election manifesto. The source material gives no funding or timing details for the proposal.
