Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham
And, with the conflict in the Middle East escalating, the oil price is spiking again.Then there are the huge questions that tumble from Burnham's big promises.He has pledged, for instance, "the biggest council house building programme since the post war period." How would this be paid for? The new chancellor, John Healey, packed it in as defence secretary because he thought the department he now runs, the Treasury, didn't get it when it came to keeping us safe. Just how often will senior ministers be there?
- ▪And, with the conflict in the Middle East escalating, the oil price is spiking again.Then there are the huge questions that tumble from Burnham's big promises.He has pledged, for instance, "the biggest council house building programme since
- ▪The new chancellor, John Healey, packed it in as defence secretary because he thought the department he now runs, the Treasury, didn't get it when it came to keeping us safe.
- ▪Just how often will senior ministers be there?
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Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy BurnhamImage source, ReutersByChris MasonPolitical editorPublished9 minutes ago"We are on borrowed time if we don't get a move on," Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister who is back in the cabinet this week as housing secretary, told the BBC's Today programme on Friday.It has been quite the week at Westminster. Sir Keir Starmer's departure as prime minister on Monday seems rather a while ago.The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, as many try to do in the first days in a job.There has been an early pattern in these early days: an early morning nugget of news dropping from No10.On Thursday, it was business rates in England; on…
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