House Builders Association Newsletter 2026 – Issue 15
New Prime Minister indicates future direction of travel
On 17 July, Andy Burnham was confirmed as the new Leader of the Labour Party and formally accepted the King’s invitation to form a government on 20 July.
In speeches since his election as MP for Makerfield on 18 June Burnham has only given few indications of the future direction of travel but some (taken from those speeches) are set out below.
More public control
“This moment would be a circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the biggest changes in the last forty years. A new political model and a new economic model… build[ing] a new economy where we put life’s essentials back under stronger public control…”
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