- Prime Minister Andy Burnham claimed that Brexit brought in a “decade of low growth” during his first address to the House of Commons.
- In his speech on Tuesday, the new Labour leader listed leaving the EU in the “series of wrong turns” that the UK had made since the 1980s.
- Brexit had “compounded the problems” of deindustrialisation and over-centralisation of government, he claimed.
- Mr Burnham also said that “problem-solving over point scoring” would “characterise” his time as prime minister, setting out changes to the prisons early release scheme and pledging to take “stronger public control” over essentials such as water.
- He pledged to “bring back hope” and “unlock a feeling of positivity and possibility in every postcode in Britain”.
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