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Andy Burnham has made his first party conference speech as Prime Minister after leading the Labor Party. The speech took place in Liverpool and was positioned as programmatic for the coming years.
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Labor meeting in Liverpool Burnham takes stock of years of British politics – and inspires his party
He paints a bleak picture of Great Britain, becomes personal and yet radiates hope: With his first party conference speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham presented a program for the coming years. Possibly for a whole decade.
Christoph Giesen reports from Liverpool
September 30, 2026, 3:38 a.m
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Burnham will present concrete political initiatives on economic and social policy in the coming months.
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