The bulging in-tray of challenges Andy Burnham faces upon entering No 10

‘Rewired Britain’ was at the heart of the first – and only – policy speech Andy Burnhan has given since becoming a MP again. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Andy Burnham is expected to become prime minister in less than two weeks and has promised to significantly change Labour’s agenda and deliver improvements for all parts of the UK.

But he will arrive with a bulging in-tray of challenges and issues left over from Keir Starmer – from geopolitics to the cost of living. Here is what Burnham can expect to find behind the Downing Street black door.