Burnham and Starmer hold ‘frosty’ meeting to thrash out transition of power

With Burnham and his team potentially having only weeks before he becomes PM, Starmer has agreed to give him access to civil service Keir Starmer has met Andy Burnham for the first time since the Makerfield byelection in what sources said was a “frosty” meeting to thrash out a transition of power...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/burnham-and-starmer-hold-frosty-meeting-to-thrash-out-transition-of-power)