London, July 20 -- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday used his first address outside 10 Downing Street to promise a decisive break from the past and pledged sweeping reforms to how the country is governed.
He described his premiership as a turning point for the country, saying, "We will make this moment a circuit-breaker for Britain, bringing forward the biggest changes in the last 40 years."Burnham blamed decisions made in the 1980s, including privatization and deindustrialization, for leaving many regions of the country behind economically, saying those areas "still haven't recovered."He says that Britain took "some wrong turns" in the 1980s and needed to do better, an argument he made throughout his leadership pitch.
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