Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?

Andy Burnham has claimed he'll work faster than Prime Minister Keir Starmer, according to The Guardian. Starmer, eighteen months into his term, has openly acknowledged his frustration with government pace, pointing to the accumulated procedures and consultations that successive administrations have put in place to avoid mistakes. Per pollster Julian Gallie, British voters have been crying out for change for a decade—a desire that's driven major political upheavals including the Brexit referendum and the recent Conservative electoral collapse. Whether faster government can actually deliver change remains the open question.

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