I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM

Andy Burnham, Britain's new Prime Minister, is from Culcheth, a village in Cheshire near Warrington—making him the first PM from northern England in fifty years. According to The Guardian, residents are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve from number ten. Burnham is a regular at the Cherry Tree pub, where the locals have their own stories about Culcheth's most famous son.

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