Well the UK now has its fifth prime minister in four years as Andy Burnham, also described by many as the ‘King of the North’ takes over the role. Perhaps a nod to his time as Manchester mayor where he brought the city’s public transport back into public control. Those of us in the pension world will be intrigued to see how things develop. We know that commitments have been made to the old age pension, but currently little has been said about the private pension world which so many UK workers rely on. We wish Burnham and his new chancellor well and will watch with interest how he and his team view the pension world in the coming months.