Burnham Urges New Direction After May Vote Labour’s Set to Lose

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham predicted a set of local and regional elections next week will be “challenging” for his and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party, and urged a change of tack to restore faith in the UK’s fractured political system.

“It’s got to be a moment of reflection,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on the sidelines of Bloomberg CityLab, a global cities summit held this year in Madrid. He said that would involve tackling the cost of living and “starting to now pull through on a different course.”