Andy Burnham ‘to slash’ central Government with tens of thousands of jobs going in London

Asked if Mr Burnham has a mandate to be PM, given he may walk into No10 without voters having a say, Ms Fahnbulleh said: “We are a parliamentary democracy, we’re not a presidential democracy in this country, and in the end, people elected Labour MPs…and if Labour MPs support Andy Burnham, that’s the way our system works.”