Andy Burnham takes the reins in Britain with a purge of ministers and a return to Labor’s bases

Before the appointments, it began the ministerial purge. Former finance minister Rachel Reeves, former chancellor and justice minister David Lammy, two allies of Sir Keir Starmer, left the government. Also Hilary Benn, Northern Ireland secretary.

Those who have entered Downing St show the level of rebellion that Starmer suffered: the rebels were the majority of his ministers or secretaries of state. Gone were the first cabinet minister, Stevee Reed, and the business secretary, Peter Kyle, among others. A “coup” that was prepared for at least a year.

Ed Milibandformer secretary of energy, He is the new British chancellor.

The big surprise is that John Healey, the former Defense Secretary who left Starmer’s cabinet furious over the military budget, with a lot of experience and accused him of being “incapable”, is the chancellor of finances. Great news for Ukraine, for the armed forces and whoever will be in charge of reducing the cost of living. He was secretary of the treasury between 2002 and 2005 and is a signal to the markets. Shabana Mahmood will continue to be interior minister, when she had aspirations of going to the finance area.

Wes Stretting, who is resigning from competing with Burnham and was Starmer’s health secretary, will be the new defense minister. His appointment produced disbelief among the military, who assured that he must learn a lot.

Chancellor Ivette Copper had to give way to Ed Miliband, former energy secretary, who is a heavyweight who can disrupt Bernham’s government if he doesn’t get what he wants. He was secretary of energy and on him fell the responsibility of whether or not to drill in the North Sea, as Donald Trump pressured. Cooper is now Secretary of Health in this castling.

Unlike other governments, cabinet nominations were made very late and continued into Monday night. It was 10:30 p.m. and, unusually in Britain, he was still appointing officials.

The first cabinet meeting was this Tuesday and was interrupted by a meeting of the Privy Council, which is the constitutional body that advises the king.

Louise Haigh, the former Secretary of Transport, is Prime Minister Burnham’s new faithful and has been appointed in charge of the Duchy of Lancaster, the driving force of the government. Former Minister Angela Rayner will also be Housing Secretary.

VAT on electricity bills will be scrapped from October 1, Andy Burnham has announced, in his first major policy announcement as Prime Minister. The move is expected to reduce the annual price cap set by Ofgem by around £45.

Burnham said the cut, estimated to cost £850m, will be funded by her decision to cancel the previous government’s £1.8bn digital identity programme. It was the suggestion of the French to control immigration. Britain does not have an identity card because Protestants do not accept it.

The new prime minister assured that the measure “will put more money in people’s pockets and will restore hope.”

In her first Downing Street speech on Monday, Burnham promised she would make an immediate announcement to help tackle the cost of living.

The cut will take effect on October 1, the same day the new energy price cap applies. This limit is reviewed every three months and determines how much the average household pays. Currently, the price limit is 1,663 pounds per year. The saving of £45 on the average bill comes on top of the £150 that Keir Starmer’s government cut in last year’s budget. Although in practice the reduction was somewhat smaller due to the increase in other costs that influence the price limit.

Small businesses that meet the requirements will also benefit. for the VAT exemption on domestic energy, as well as charities and care homes that can benefit from the reduced rate.

John Healey, the new chancellor of the exchequer, said the cut “will give families a break on bills and offer some peace of mind this winter.” The move is expected to reduce inflation by 0.1%.

The Northern Ireland Executive will receive matching funds to help combat the cost of living as the EU must approve VAT rates in that region under the Brexit deal.

Downing Street has announced that they will present more long-term measures on the cost of living in the next budgets, scheduled for this fall.

Andy Burnham is creating a new office of Prime Minister and Cabinet, under which structure will be integrated his key commitment to establish a new Downing Street headquarters in Manchestercalled “No. 10 North”.

The creation of an office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet is a key recommendation made by observers of the British central administration (Whitehall).

“No 10 North” will assume responsibility for the decentralization strategy – transferred from Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing and Communities – as well as local economic growth – transferred from the Treasury – and the industrial strategy, transferred from the Ministry of Enterprise.

Likewise, it will be in charge of innovation and modernization of public services, collaboration with decentralized governments and public procurement.

The creation of a new working group on artificial intelligence – likely to be led by Kanishka Narayan, the first Cabinet minister dedicated to this matter – is also planned, which will entail some restructuring of other government departments.

The relationship between former premier Sir Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump ended in disaster because of the war in Iran.

This Tuesday Trump called Andy Burnham to congratulate him and he invited him to get to know Manchester, in addition to talking about the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the first to greet Burnham. He thanked him for his immediate support of Ukraine.