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- Burnham says proportional representation would change political culture and lift Britain out of its “doom loop”.
- He is expected to become prime minister after Keir Starmer, but 2024 Labour manifesto, which omitted proportional representation, limits a mandate.
- Burnham proposes giving councils authority over social housing and education, a move that Treasury officials are expected to resist.
- Previous Labour administrations enacted major constitutional reforms, whereas Starmer’s government only reformed hereditary peerages.
