Andy Burnham to promise to ‘fix the big things’ in first speech as Labour leader

Burnham, who is set to take the job on Friday, will promise to give back control to communities and spread growth

Andy Burnham will pledge he has the courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected" in his first speech as Labour leader.

Burnham, who is set to be announced in the job at a special conference on Friday, will promise to give back control to communities and spread growth across the country.