The incoming PM has made a strong start – but there are several traps he needs to avoid. Brown, Blair and even Thatcher can show the way
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Making Mahmood chancellor shows Burnham ‘subservient to City’, Greens’ Polanski says – UK politics live ⊕
Green leader claims expected appointment shows new PM ‘won’t challenge the power of the bankers, or tax their wealth’
Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, says reports saying Shabana Mahmood is now …
12 days ago
Andy Burnham is 'not going to be loved', warns Tony Blair - as PM in-waiting trots out more vague 'Manchesterism' at hustings with fawning MPs ⊕
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Tony Blair cautioned the incoming premier that he is 'not going to be loved' when he takes over from Keir Starmer.
Tony Blair warns Andy Burnham that Britain 'can't afford' Labour's Net Zero targets - while Ed Miliband is 'ready to approve North Sea gas field to land job as Chancellor' ⊕
With Mr Burnham due to replace Keir Starmer on Monday, Sir Tony told the incoming PM that the Government is 'penalising' British businesses with its climate policies.
Blair tells Burnham: Don’t expect to be popular ○
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Sir Keir Starmer’s farewell tour is well under way – but is he destined to spend most of it out of the UK? With an extra day in Paris for the Bastille Day celebrations and a possible dash stateside f…
Burnham vows to be 'accountable' in first address to Labour MPs - while Blair warns him 'you're not going to be loved' ⊕
Mr Burnham told backbenchers he would 'lead from the front' on 'culture change, political direction and narrative' in an online-hustings held last night.
16 days ago
Look who else has suddenly come round to Burnham's way of thinking... David Miliband gives backing devolution and electoral reform as manoeuvring for Foreign Secretary steps up ○
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As speculation mounts about who will be in the prospective prime minister's cabinet, the former Blair cabinet minister set out his views on foreign policy.
21 days ago
Tony Blair warns Andy Burnham against 'wealth taxes'... as PM-in-waiting plots to drag more homes into 'mansion tax' ⊖
Tony Blair's institute said attempting to 'tax our way to prosperity' would be ' bad policy and bad politics'.
23 days ago
Rise of the New Labour zombies! Ed Balls 'set for shock return' under Burnham alongside ex-Cabinet minister James Purnell - with David Miliband tipped for Foreign Secretary ⊖
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There is speculation that Ed Balls, another stalwart from the Blair and Brown era, could make a shock comeback to the political frontline.
30 days ago
QUENTIN LETTS: Angela was looking decidedly skittish. Might this great survivor finally make it to Cabinet? ⊕⊕
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Angela Eagle, security minister, noted that she was a minister at the start of the Blair government in 1997. Mr Burnham was merely a Labour aide at that time.