PM Candidate Burnham (Labour): Will not announce appointments until end of leadership process; We will not leave everything to market,

Will reform business rates to support pubs and high street - - Our plans are consistent with 2024 Labour manifesto - - We need to change politics and we need to do it now - - Intend to give Britain the circuit breaker it needs and take power out of the center (London/Westminster) - - Intend to build an inclusive team - - National govt has grown but local govt is ‘threadbare’.

Resources imbalance holds back growth - - Will bring about a re-balancing of power - - We need new determination to raise living standards.

Will do things differently - - To create a more streamlined state - - Number 10 North will be the nerve centre of a re-wired Britain - - We will make sure British-based companies are in better position to win public contracts - - UK public procurement policy has been for too long based on chasing cut-price deals from around the world - - Tax-payer first approach will apply to Defence Investment Plan (DIP) - - We will safeguard sovereign manufacturing in critical sectors like steel, defence, energy, food and farming - - We will require from employers greater supply of 45-day work placements and apprentiships - - Need to repair the public housing stock - - Housing crisis is having ruinous impact on public finances - - We commit to major council house building drive