Andy Burnham is set to become Labour leader and prime minister
The former Greater Manchester mayor is poised to take over Labour and move into Downing Street, according to reports on his rise through the party.
Andy Burnham is expected to become the next Labour leader and prime minister, following a long political climb that took him from local politics to the national stage. Reports on Tuesday and Wednesday said the former Greater Manchester mayor is on course to replace the party’s current leadership.
Burnham’s early political life included a school hustings in Merseyside in 1987, when he represented Labour as a teenager. A former teacher quoted by the Guardian said he won that contest convincingly, although the result was helped by a prank that silenced his Conservative rival’s microphone.
He later rose through Labour ranks and became a prominent figure in New Labour before leaving Westminster for Manchester. The Guardian’s profile said that move marked another step in a career that has now brought him to the brink of the top job.
BBC Politics also reported on Burnham’s route to the leadership, describing him as the former mayor of Greater Manchester who is set to become Labour’s next leader and Britain’s next prime minister.
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