Mr Burnham will today step in front of MPs for the first time since becoming Prime Minister, marking the first time facing parliamentary scrutiny as PM, despite holding the keys to No10 for six weeks.
Ahead of his speech, Labour MPs were pictured walking at Downing Street, including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, Education Secretary Lucy Powell, and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting.
GB News understands the Prime Minister is expected to deliver a Commons statement today setting out the direction of his Government.
He will make his priorities clear, which include giving people breathing space on the cost of living.
The Prime Minister will declare this is the moment we begin to bring back hope, as he promises to make life more affordable wherever he can.
As Parliament returns, he will say he will continue working to restore hope while confronting issues that have been ignored for too long.
He will also say that he will keep taking action on the cost of living, after early steps to help give people breathing space, including taking VAT off electricity bills, capping bus fares at £2 and cracking down on rogue traders.
A Downing Street source told GB News: “The Prime Minister does not accept that the Government’s role is to stand by and watch on as every bill goes up and up, squeezing the joy out of life.”
He is set to promise the country that “wherever we can make life more affordable, we will. We can make this the moment when Britain starts believing again and we bring back hope.”
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James Cleverly set to face new rival challenger Tories’ London mayoral candidate race
Sir James Cleverly has a new rival challenger in the race to be the Tories’ next London mayoral candidate.
Festus Akinbusoye, a Conservative Westminster councillor, has entered the contest to be the party’s mayoral candidate in 2028.
Sir James quit his role as Kemi Badenoch’s shadow housing secretary at the weekend to stand in the internal race.
Mr Akinbusoye is centring his pitch around fighting crime and building new homes in the capital, and draws on his background in law and order as an ex-special constable and former Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner.
He said: “I’m standing to restore the social contract between London and Londoners by making London affordable enough to stay, safe enough to live, and full of opportunity in every borough.
“Too many people feel London no longer works for those who work hard and play by the rules. Over half of Londoners believe the city is heading in the wrong direction. If you do your part, the mayor must do their part – support you and not be a hurdle. They must protect your safety, respect your time and money, and give you a fair chance to build a secure future here.”
Nearly two-thirds of Britons think Labour is wrong to allow early prison releases, according to polling
Nearly two-thirds of Britons think the Government is wrong to allow early prison releases, according to polling.
Ahead of an announcement in Parliament by the Justice Secretary on plans to ease prison overcrowding, YouGov said 64 per cent opposed the early release scheme in a survey of 2,087 adults.
The Government’s proposal to halve the time some more serious offenders will have to serve in prison is opposed by 82 per cent of those surveyed, while 61 per cent are against cutting the proportion of their sentences that less serious offenders have to spend in jail to around a third.
Building more prisons to tackle the overcrowding crisis has the support of 81 per cent of Britons, while 78 per cent back releasing foreign nationals early so they can be deported, according to YouGov.
PICTURED: Andy Burnham’s Cabinet arrives in Downing Street ahead of Parliament’s return
Andy Burnham’s Cabinet has arrived at Downing Street as parliamentary returns today
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Andy Burnham’s Cabinet has arrived at Downing Street as Parliament returns today.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, Education Secretary Lucy Powell, and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting were amongst the Labour MPs to be pictured.
PICTURED: Shabana Mahmood arrives for Cabinet meeting in Downing Street
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has arrived for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street as Parliament returns today.
Alex Norris admits Labour’s handling of the early release scheme has ’caused anxiety and concern’ for victims and the public
Alex Norris admits Labour’s handling of the early release scheme has ’caused anxiety and concern’
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Alex Norris admits Labour’s handling of the early release scheme has ’caused anxiety and concern’ for victims and the public.
Mr Norris told GB News: “I do accept that this is a process that has caused anxiety and concern.”
He added: “As a human being, never mind a politician, you do reflect on what people say to you.
“And it came to a position where we’ve decided, as the Prime Minister said, let’s just lift every single stone there is.”
Speaking on tracking prisoners that will be released early, the Justice Secretary told GB News: “The most important thing, because people will now leave at an earlier part of their sentence if they’re not part of the offences that have been carved out, I’d want viewers to hear directly from me that that release is not freedom.
“They’re under the most significant controls and the widest set of tools we’ve ever had.”