How Burnham’s team could reshape the Bank of England

Taking a fresh look at the Bank’s role would send a strong signal that a Burnham government is prepared to do things differently UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates When Louise Haigh – then a lowly backbencher – wrote a policy prospectus for the leftwing Renewal journal back in May, it contained a little-noticed nugget: a rethink of the Bank of England’s mandate. Haigh, who quit as transport secretary in 2024 after it emerged she had been convicted of fraud over a missing work phone, is back in frontline politics as a lynchpin of Andy Burnham’s operation. Economist

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