Andy Burnham speech live: PM-in-waiting to give major update today on plans for government

Andy Burnham speech live: PM-in-waiting to give major update today on plans for government With only weeks to go until he could become PM, Andy Burnham will start to set out his agenda, beginning with a highly-anticipated speech in Manchester this morning Andy Burnham will promise to lead a 10-year mission to drive up living standards in his first major speech since returning to Westminster. The PM hopeful is widely expected to enter No10 on July 20 as the prospect of a rival leadership bid fades. With only weeks to go, he will start to set out his agenda, beginning with a highly-anticipated speech in Manchester this morning. His speech is expected to centre on radical bid to take power out of Westminster. Mr Burnham is expected to say: "I am going to try to give Britain the circuit-breaker it needs by taking power from the centre, giving it to the places and people who can use it best." Follow live updates below.... Andy Burnham arrived in Westminster last week to a heady atmosphere. Hot off his emphatic win in Makerfield, he received a warm reception from Labour MPs who crowded into Parliament's Westminster Hall to welcome him as a Prime Minister in waiting. But as the heatwave recedes, the political reality is setting in. Burnham and his small team have just over three weeks to firm up a programme for Government, to decide on his Cabinet, to staff a new No10 and to build a comms operation. He is being inundated with ideas from MPs, trade unions and think tanks, all battling for his attention, while ministers jostle to keep their jobs. Welcome to the Mirror's politics liveblog. Andy Burnham will give a major speech today on his plans for Government as he prepares to become Prime Minister. If no one else throws their hat into the ring, Mr Burnham could enter Downing Street on July 20. And he's under pressure to spell out just what he would do with power. In a speech today, he'll turn his focus to the economy and devolution, with plans for a radical bid to take power out of Westminster. Read our full story here.