Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – UK politics live

<p>PM says he has a ‘clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong’ with UK, and pays tribute to Keir Starmer after his predecessor quit parliament</p><p>My colleague <strong>Richard Partington</strong>, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.</p><p>Yesterday, <strong>Kemi Badenoch</strong> announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/01/andy-burnham-statement-commons-prison-release-farage-healey-defence-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>