Andy Burnham to finally face parliamentary scrutiny as he steps in front of MPs for the first time - SIX WEEKS after becoming PM
Andy Burnham will today step in front of MPs for the first time since becoming Prime Minister.
It will be the Mr Burnham's first time facing parliamentary scrutiny as PM, despite holding the keys to No10 for six weeks.
GB News understands the Prime Minister is expected to deliver a Commons statement today setting out the direction of his Government.
He will make his priorities clear, which include giving people breathing space on the cost of living.
The Prime Minister will declare this is the moment we begin to bring back hope, as he promises to make life more affordable wherever he can.
As Parliament returns, he will say he will continue working to restore hope while confronting issues that have been ignored for too long.
He will also say that he will keep taking action on the cost of living, after early steps to help give people breathing space, including taking VAT off electricity bills, capping bus fares at £2 and cracking down on rogue traders.
A Downing Street source told GB News: "The Prime Minister does not accept that the Government’s role is to stand by and watch on as every bill goes up and up, squeezing the joy out of life."
He is set to promise the country that "wherever we can make life more affordable, we will. We can make this the moment when Britain starts believing again and we bring back hope."
During the summer, the Prime Minister has met people including police officers in Derbyshire, farmers in Cornwall, steel workers in South Wales, apprentices working in defence in Cumbria and young people in Belfast.
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Kemi Badenoch launches major Shadow Cabinet reshuffle ahead of Parliament return
Kemi Badenoch launched a major Shadow Cabinet reshuffle to refresh her top team before Parliament returns.
The shake-up targets economic policy and foreign affairs, ousting several veteran figures to the backbenches.
Mrs Badenoch sacked Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor and appointed former business secretary and Arundel and South Downs MP Andrew Griffith in his place.
Claire Coutinho, previously the shadow energy secretary, will replace Mr Griffith as shadow business secretary.
Sir Mel will join Tory big beasts Dame Priti Patel and Sir James Cleverly on the backbenches amid the ongoing shake-up.
But Reform UK has accused the party of "moving deckchairs of the Titanic" as the Conservative leader continues to tinker with her top team.
A Reform UK spokesman said: "Kemi is simply moving the deckchairs around the titanic with this reshuffle. She has promoted ardent supporters of net zero and the ECHR into senior positions, despite saying she wouldn’t .
"The Conservatives haven’t learned a thing from their failures in office."
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