Healey made chancellor, Miliband named foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary as Burnham picks cabinet – UK politics as it happened
Andy Burnham, newly appointed prime minister, announced his first instruction to end rough sleeping in the United Kingdom. He also outlined broader ambitions to improve education, mental health support, and increase council housing. The statements were made outside Downing Street.
- ▪Burnham said his first instruction as prime minister will be to end rough sleeping.
- ▪He pledged to help young people enter work by reforming the education system and expanding mental health support.
- ▪He committed to building more council homes as part of a preventative state approach.
- ▪The announcement was delivered outside Downing Street, with a photograph by Stefan Rousseau.
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08.02 EDTBurnham says his first instruction as PM will be to end rough sleepingBurnham talked about some of his ambitions. double quotation markWe will help more young people into work by changing the education system and giving them more support, more mental health support, and 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 honour our commitments on defence to our international partners. We will help people to live well, building a more preventative state, investing in people’s success rather than paying for failure. And then he made a specific announcement. double quotation markAnd that work starts now.
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