From industrial strategy and defence to housing and living costs, we lay out the challenges facing the new PM Andy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic shocks and years of weak growth in living standards, fuelled by underinvestment and deep regional ...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/19/andy-burnham-economy-defence-housing-and-living-costs)