Lord Blunkett says 'friend' Andy Burnham and cabinet need to get on with it

Former education secretary Lord David Blunkett, named as a mentor by Andy Burnham, talks to Sky's Cathy Newman about the new prime minister and his cabinet.

He said that Burnham is "stamping his authority on the cabinet and on the future of government" and had a stark warning for his cabinet members as he said:

"I think that Andy's going to be saying to everybody, "your job's on the line", if they fail to deliver".

Watch the interview in full.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-labour-12593360

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