Lee Anderson MP: "It's been a bleak start for Burnham's Britain."

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Cabinet features many of the same faces from Starmer's administration. It's a different circus, but with the same clowns.

Reform UK Member of Parliament for Ashfield says it's been a bleak start for Burnham's Britain.

The highlights include the return of scandal-ridden Angela Rayner who has refused to pay back her £17k severance payment from when she left Government less than a year ago.

Louise Haigh also made a return to Cabinet after being forced to resign for being convicted of fraud. It seems Andy Burnham is perfectly content with having a criminal fraudster at the heart of Government.

What message does this send? Those in public office should be held to the top standards of conduct, so why is this criminal being rewarded by Burnham with a Government position?

In his first week, Andy Burnham announced a number of quickfire policies designed to grab headlines, but none of it is washing with the public.

The tax cut on household electricity bills has been a highlight of his new policy changes.

However, the details of the cut will leave a lot to be desired for the British people. It will save households a whopping 82p per week...

For residents wanting more, the Labour Messiah has already performed a U-turn on another tax cut, ruling out a rise in the income tax personal allowance threshold.

At the same time, the British people have been told this week that they may have to pay more tax, which will likely be used to plug the gaping £15 billion blackhole in the defence budget ironically left by Starmer.

So, they are giving peanuts with one hand and soon will be taking much more with the other.

Meanwhile, Burnham has announced a significant boost in foreign aid spending, with £153m being sent to Pakistan. Residents can see where his priorities truly lie.

Burnham has also promised to end homelessness in Britain. To Mancunians, this policy will sound familiar, as he also promised to end homelessness in Greater Manchester when he was its Mayor.

How did that go, you ask? Homelessness in Greater Manchester has more than doubled since 2021 under Burnham's watch. So, there is no reason to believe he will follow through on his promise this time.

The illegal migrant boats are still crossing the English channel in record figures. Just two days into Burnham's administration, the second ever 'mega dinghy' crossed the channel, with a record-breaking 165 illegal migrants on board.

They clearly don't believe that Burnham will stop them from coming.

Meanwhile, the Government has launched a legal bid to prevent the release of migrant crime data. Using your own money, they are going to all lengths possible to prevent you from knowing the full scale of migrant crime in our country. It’s disgraceful.

To that end I have written to the Justice Secretary to demand that the data be released in full. People deserve to know.

I'm afraid it's been a bleak start for Burnham's Britain. The country really is in trouble if this is our future. We need a General Election now.