{"id":7054038,"date":"2026-09-01T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/uncategorized\/burnham-promises-to-bring-substantial-change-as-he-gives-first-commons-address-as-prime-minister-uk-politics-live-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:12:47","slug":"burnham-promises-to-bring-substantial-change-as-he-gives-first-commons-address-as-prime-minister-uk-politics-live-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=7054038","title":{"rendered":"Burnham promises to bring \u2018substantial change\u2019 as he gives first Commons address as prime minister \u2013 UK politics live | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Burnham says country needs ‘substantial change’, and he will deliver it<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Burnham<\/strong> says his approach to the prisoner early release scheme is an example of doing politics differently.<\/p>\n

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double quotation mark<\/title><\/svg>This is politics done differently, problem-solving, over point-scoring. It is what the country needs. It is what the public want more of, and it will characterise my time in office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He says another example has been starting cross-party talks on social care. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, and Stuart Andrew, who was shadow health secretary until yesterday, participated, he says.<\/p>\n

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double quotation mark<\/title><\/svg>When it comes to the biggest issues facing the country, the economy and the cost of living crisis, people are looking for much more substantial change, as promised in our manifesto, and that is what I will bring.<\/p>\n

Britain is not where any of us would wish it to be. Things are not working as they should.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n