Three months ago, Andy Burnham’s desk was filled with the business of running Greater Manchester. Buses. Housing. Policing. This mayoral region in the north of England is home to 3 million people and Burnham, a former minister in the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been its mayor for nearly a decade.
But after a whirlwind ten weeks, Burnham is due to travel to Buckingham Palace on July 20 to meet King Charles, who will appoint him as Britain’s next prime minister.
