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Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened
UK NewsPolitics•September 1, 2026 at 6:52 PMNational

Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened

By Andrew Sparrow•The Guardian - UK News

This liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report of today’s political news hereMy colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary. Continue reading...

This liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report of today’s political news here

My colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.

Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.

Continue reading...