Andy Burnham‘s first speech as Labour leader was dismissed as “vacuous twaddle” by Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick.

The incoming PM vowed to give people “hope back” and “the Labour they once knew” ahead of replacing Sir Keir Starmer on Monday.

Andy Burnham‘s first speech as Labour leader was dismissed as “vacuous twaddle” by Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick.

The incoming PM vowed to give people “hope back” and “the Labour they once knew” ahead of replacing Sir Keir Starmer on Monday.

But Mr Jenrick said: “I listened to Andy Burnham’s speech. I wish I hadn’t. Twenty minutes of vacuous twaddle. No change. No specifics. No plan whatsoever. Is this what we’ve all been waiting for?

“The country is in a mess and it needs new leadership but that was neither new nor leadership.”