This week, ABC’s Foreign Correspondent turns its attention to Andy Burnham and the challenge of reshaping a Britain that has gone through several prime ministers in recent years.
Reporter Rhiannon Shine travels across the UK to meet people who know Burnham best, examining his radical vision for the country and whether he can deliver on his promises amid soaring debt, strained public services and deep political divisions.
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Can Andy Burnham deliver on his radical vision for Britain?
When British Prime Minister Andy Burnham took the leadership in a bloodless coup, he promised the most radical change the country has seen in 40 years, vowing to upend the way politics is done and how power is wielded.
But the scale of the mountain he has to climb is enormous – soaring debt, strained public services, deep public divisions and an increasing unstable global landscape.
On Foreign Correspondent reporter Rhiannon Shine travelled the country and meets some of the people who know him best to find out whether the so-called King of the North can really deliver on his vision.
