Britain may be about to change prime minister - again - but the whole host of huge issues the country is facing haven't gone away.

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While Andy Burnham prepares to take the keys to No10, the work being done behind the scenes on the transition of power is already underway.

Access talks have been going on with the civil service for several weeks, with discussions between his team and current Secretaries of State helping to get the ball rolling.

We're expecting to see him in No10 at lunchtime on Monday, and he'll take urgent calls from world leaders before revealing his Cabinet and starting to run the country.

And while Labour MPs are optimistic about the future Burnham Premiership, there's a lot to get on with.

This, we're told, is likely to be Andy Burnham's top priority next week as he enters No10.

He's promised to "make life more affordable" for people and ease the burden, but it's unclear exactly what this will mean.

But with the economy proving difficult, energy prices staying high, and inflation sticky, this may be one of the PM's biggest challenges in office.

Options on the cards may be an intervention on energy bills - or a longer-term solution of bringing more functions like housing and water into public ownership, where the state will have a say in those prices.

Thames Water - which is rapidly running out of money - is being eyed up for potential government intervention under a Burnham government.

Andy Burnham told LBC he's going to stick to the 2024 manifesto - that means no raising income tax, NI or VAT.

That will box him in to being able to do little else........

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