Andy Burnham is expected to tell the country "we can't carry on as we are" as he promises change and sets out his direction for the UK. The Prime Minister is set to take to the stage at the Labour Party Conference being held in Liverpool tomorrow, Tuesday, on its penultimate day.
It comes as Mr Burnham attends the showpiece event for the first time as Prime Minister, taking to the stage at the exhibition centre for the third day of the conference. During his speech, he will say: "We can't carry on as we are. Politics-as-usual has taken Britain backwards. More of the same isn't good enough and isn't going to get us where we need to be."
Honest conversation on key issues
He'll continue to say the country needs to have an "honest conversation" about issues such as social care, youth unemployment and the need for greater public control of energy, water and housing. Mr Burnham will continue: "Hope comes from honesty and from saying the things politicians usually avoid."
The Prime Minister will talk about how our country is currently "run for vested interests, not in the public interest, with power held in too few hands" and that we need "more control of the basics so that we can make it more functional again". He will say he's making a break with the "flawed thinking of the last 40 years".
A serious prospectus for Britain
Andy Burnham will admit that he initially wanted to "give the usual tub-thumping conference speech" but that "the patriot in me tells me something very different is needed". He will say "everyone wants less drift and more direction" and that he will "answer that call".
In his speech in Liverpool, the Prime Minister will announce a raft of policies and commitments that will bring hope again to Britain. He will outline "a more serious prospectus for Britain than people have been offered in a generation" and say: "I accept people will not agree with every part of it, but I believe it can turn Britain around."
He will deliver bold, honest leadership for Britain and the country will be left in no doubt what he stands for, as he sets out how he will continue to get stuff done and build "a Britain where people feel the country has their back again".
Chancellor's apprenticeship announcement
On Monday, The Chancellor of Exchequer, John Healey, delivered a speech to a full hall at the Labour Conference. One of the biggest announcements made by Mr Healey was a local apprenticeships service to help young people into employment, backed by £100m of savings made by the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP).
Mr Healey said the new "Local Apprenticeship Service" would see teams acting like "football scouts" to link young people with firms, including those who had never been offered an apprenticeship. In his speech, the Chancellor said as part of a Labour government, it falls to them to act. He told the hall: "It is a moral duty, I refuse to write off one million young people like the Tories have done." The scheme will be led by mayors, who know their areas best.
Mr Healey described the service as "a down payment" on the work of former Cabinet minister Alan Milburn to tackle the almost one million young people not in employment, education or training (Neet). He told the Conference that the best thing the Labour government can offer young people is a job, not a benefit payment.
He added: "I see a generation born this century, digital natives, whip-smart, questioning, ambitious, brave, I see the best asset we have in our young people, and I believe this generation has the potential to be a great generation. And I believe we can help this generation move from generation jeopardy to generation hope."
The Government also plans to re-establish a fund used by trade unions to promote workplace training and lifelong learning. The Chancellor told the Labour party conference that the Union Learning Fund will be "reborn" after it was abolished by the Conservatives five years ago.
