Labour under Burnham will be faster and bolder, says minister

Labour under Burnham will be faster and bolder, says minister Image source, ReutersImage caption, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy at the Makerfield election count ByJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterPublished30 minutes agoCulture Secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour under an Andy Burnham government will be "faster and bolder".She was speaking after 322 Labour MPs nominated Burnham as their next leader, leaving him one short of it being mathematically impossible for anyone else to challenge him.With Burnham still the only declared candidate, and some MPs saying they backed him but were unable to vote on Thursday, he is expected to be declared Labour leader next week before taking office as prime minister on 20 July.Nandy, whose Wigan constituency is next to Burnham's Makerfield seat, told BBC Radio 4 she did not believe a leadership contest was necessary and backed his plans to set up an No 10 north in Manchester."I think there will be two things that will be different under Andy Burnham," Nandy told the Today programme."The first is that it will be faster and bolder, and he's willing to think very differently about how we deliver that change."Number 10 in the North has attracted a lot of interest but that really is about shifting the centre of gravity in the country so that all parts of the country are seen and heard and are able to contribute."The second thing that will be different is we will wear our hearts on our sleeves more."Nandy stood to be Labour leader in 2020, losing out to Sir Keir Starmer.She was thought to have ambitions to stand again before throwing her weight behind the former Greater Manchester mayor, who is a longstanding friend and ally.She said she had not yet been told she would be continuing as culture secretary under Burnham or offered another job and neither had anybody else in Sir Keir's cabinet. "He [Burnham] has not offered any jobs to anybody and I firmly believe that's the righ...