Andy Burnham pledges new social contract and EU reset for Britain

Plans for public control over services

Burnham promised greater public control over essential services and vowed to reverse decades of privatisation. He detailed ambitions to establish free social care while acknowledging that economic constraints make delivering these plans a big political risk.

Funding changes from welfare spending

The leader warned that money for his sweeping plans would have to come from welfare and pension spending. He also pledged to reform the country's electoral system as part of his agenda to rebuild Britain during difficult times.

Emotional speech at annual gathering

The 56-year-old former mayor choked back tears while speaking about his late father who died earlier this month from Alzheimer's. He told the packed audience in Liverpool that he would use his job to build the kind of Britain his dad wanted to see.