Burnham’s ‘black box’ plans for cabinet send Westminster into hysteria

On Thursday, Andy Burnham became Prime Minister with a notably concentrated power structure, according to the Guardian. The new PM is keeping major decisions within an unusually small inner circle, with even senior Labour figures reporting minimal influence—an unprecedented concentration of authority in modern British politics.

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