Andy Burnham\u2019s Labour will \u201cwear our hearts on our sleeve more\u201d, the PM-in-waiting\u2019s ally Lisa Nandy has said, in an apparent swipe at Sir Keir Starmer who has been criticised for failing to connect with voters.<\/p>\n
Ms Nandy, the culture secretary, said a Burnham government would also be \u201cfaster and bolder\u201d because he is \u201cwilling to think very differently about how we deliver\u2026 change\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think people will see us taking the fight to any system that stands in the way of them living better lives,\u201d she told the BBC\u2019s Today programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I really think, at the moment, at a time when trust in the power of government to change people\u2019s lives is very weak, that that is an enormously important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
But she insisted that his plans for a \u2018No 10 for the North\u2019 were about more than just moving officials to Manchester. <\/p>\n
She conceded that the idea has \u201cattracted a lot of interest\u201d but said it was really about \u201cshifting the centre of gravity in the country, so that all parts of the country are seen and heard and are able to contribute\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Andy Burnham\u2019s Labour will \u201cwear our hearts on our sleeve more\u201d, the PM-in-waiting\u2019s ally Lisa Nandy has said, in an apparent swipe at Sir Keir Starmer who has been criticised for failing to connect with voters. Ms Nandy, the culture secretary, said a Burnham government would also be \u201cfaster and bolder\u201d because he is \u201cwilling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n