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A Sheffield born granddaughter of Trade Union officials, the privately educated Labour MP was turfed off Team Starmer after it emerged she’d committed fraud. Now running Burnham’s transition team, the former Transport Minister admitted to fibbing about being mugged for her mobile in 2013 so she could get a new one for free.

Lord O’Neill, the banker-turned-peer, is being touted as one of the men giving economic credibility to Burnham’s budgetary bungs. From Goldman Sachs he headed off to advise David Cameron, before being kicked up into the Lords in 2015 and carrying on as a trusted counselor to one Theresa May.

Once a Bank of England economist, Haldane sat on the Levelling Up Taskforce under Michael Gove. He’s also reported to be adding his weight to the Burnham transition, lending credence to his financial plans.

Born in Liberia, the Peckham MP has a long history in the left-leaning Think Tank-o-sphere. She was a member of the influential think tank ‘Labour Together’, and has backed radical action to address the climate crisis, and a rewiring of the modern economic system.

The former MP for Makerfield, Simons bolted from his seat to hand it to Burnham. Now he’s been richly rewarded with a place in Burnham’s inner circle. He stepped aside after being exposed as being behind an investigation into the private affairs of journalists when he ran Labour Together after which he was accused of falsely linking members of the press to pro-Russian propaganda and reporting them to the British intelligence services.

Now working closely within the Burnham campaign team, Abby was the mind behind the ‘Milifandom’. A digital trend which saw jokes shared to defend Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, she is now backing her new boss, Mr Burnham.

Another Miliband ally, Pritchard was seconded to the Burnham campaign fresh out of the Net Zero Department where she was Ed’s special advisor. Now the official spokesman for the wannabe PM, when she speaks it on his behalf, making her one of the most influential people ever at Burnham’s side.