Andy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026
The Prime Minister's 2026 Labour conference speech, setting out council house building and devolution of power to places.
Speech · 2026Sources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 8 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Date and the passages on council housing and devolution.
- Labour Party: Andy Burnham's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026
Dated 29 September 2026; promises the biggest council house building programme since the post-war era and to devolve more power to places.
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- A party-published transcript, not checked against delivery.
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Cited in the essay for putting council housing and local power at the heart of the government's plans.
In the essays
- Somewhere Worth Living
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People
- Andy Burnham
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Organisations
- Labour Party
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