If the PM reboots the UK for working-class people, unions will be with him. But the time for talking is over | Andrea Egan

Andy Burnham has railed against neoliberalism – the historic shift must start with this week’s budget Andrea Egan is the general secretary of Unison After Keir Starmer, things could only get better inside Labour. But Andy Burnham’s arrival as party leader and prime minister didn’t just clear that low bar. It was a cause for hope, especially for those of us in the trade union movement. That’s less because Burnham is streets ahead of his predecessor as a politician – although he is – and mor