Burnham Sets Out 'New Path' for Britain, Vows to Seek Consensus on Ties with EU
He pledged free social care, a water ownership bill and a new electricity grid body as Labour members cheered a break with privatisation.
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Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham held his first party conference as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom today. The British Prime Minister got ‘very personal’, reports UK correspondent Lia van Bekhoven. But according to Bekhoven, that was not the most surprising part: Burnham presented a new national healthcare system and wants to seek closer ties with the European Union.
Burnham sets out 'new path' for Britain, vows to seek consensus on ties with EU
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Tuesday to give Britain "a new social contract for the 21st century", reform the country's electoral system and build consensus on a new relationship with the European Union as he set out a long-term vision to tackle the UK's woes in his first speech as leader at the annual Labour party conference.
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