{"id":362869,"date":"2026-07-20T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/politicians-need-to-be-better-says-burnham-in-first-speech-as-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:00:41","slug":"politicians-need-to-be-better-says-burnham-in-first-speech-as-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/politicians-need-to-be-better-says-burnham-in-first-speech-as-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians &#8216;need to be better&#8217; says Burnham in first speech as prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5-mczMoSEjU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Politicians 'need to be better' says Burnham in first speech as prime minister\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5-mczMoSEjU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s make this the moment that Britain starts to believe again\u201d said the UK\u2019s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street to applause.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Speaking without notes or the usual prime minister\u2019s lectern, Burnham said he was \u201cacutely conscious\u201d that he was the \u201cseventh prime minister since 2016\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt requires my generation of politicians to raise our game,\u201d he added, saying he wanted to make politics \u201cmore about problem-solving than point-scoring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about what Burnham said, including promises to help more young people get into work, building more council homes and putting an end to rough sleeping by tapping the link \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jul\/20\/andy-burnham-uk-prime-minister-meeting-king-charles<\/p>\n<p>#andyburnham #burnham #uk #politics #labour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s make this the moment that Britain starts to believe again\u201d said the UK\u2019s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street to applause. 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