Andy Burnham opens up about dad's death - and how he navigated tough times in emotional clip

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'It was hard coming into office because I knew, as I was starting my journey as Prime Minister, he was ending his journey,' Burnham says of his dad in emotional video

Andy Burnham has spoken about how his late dad kept him grounded and told him to do whatever he can to help people.

In a highly emotional video, the Prime Minister opened up about the loss of his father, who died aged 86 in September after living in a care home with Alzheimer's disease.

The Labour leader appeared in a social media series called A Mug of Life, which sees host Will Shears offer a cup of tea to strangers to help combat loneliness. Mr Burnham recounted memorable cuppas with his mum on a Sunday morning as they'd try to navigate his dad's illness.

He spoke about starting his journey as Prime Minister in July, while knowing his dad was coming to the end of his journey, describing it as different "overwhelming things happening at the same time". His dad's condition was so advanced that he didn't know his son was becoming Prime Minister.

But Mr Burnham said he feels he can now celebrate his father, Kenneth Roy Burnham, known as Roy, saying his family were lucky "we had so long together".

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In a heartwarming chat between Mr Burnham and Mr Shears, the PM says with a laugh that he has "too many" cups of tea a day - between 10 and 14. Mr Shears added: "I was talking to my gran and I was like, 'oh, I've been asked to make tea for the Prime Minister and my gran was like, you have to make tea!"

Asked if he had a memorable cup of tea in his life, the PM said: "Goodness, I've never really thought about that. I think it would be well, probably with my mum, actually. When things were a little tough with my dad, and yeah, that would be (it).

"We used to spend a Sunday morning just trying to work it all out in our heads and go through all of the things around it and remind ourselves that we've been actually quite blessed, really.

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