Andy Burnham spent Friday working at No 10 North, a new regional branch of the PM's office, after a rapid start to the week that saw him replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and the UK's 59th prime minister. His early focus has been on helping people with the cost of living, with new measures announced on electricity bills, bus fares and support for pubs and small live music venues.
BBC South has been speaking to people in parts of the south of England to find out what they think about the man who earned the nickname King of the North during his previous tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester.
What has Burnham announced in his first week?
On his second day in the job, Burnham announced his first new measure, cutting the VAT from electricity bills, which the government says will save a typical household about £45 a year. Despite questions within his party about where the money would come from, voters in the South the BBC spoke to have reacted positively to the announcement.
Mum Connie Cole, from Portsmouth, said people desperately need more help with the cost of living and welcomed the government help.
"I think it's better for young mums, people in need, to cut the VAT, cut the energy bills," she said.
"It's £45 [saving], I think we could get a little bit more maybe but [it's] £45 we didn't have. I think its something, it's a start."
Wednesday marked day three of the new government and the PM was at it again with another new announcement.
Bus fares to be capped at £2, paid for by reprioritising government funds. It was a move broadly welcomed by people in the South we spoke to.
How are businesses reacting?
By Thursday, Burnham's attention had turned to businesses, announcing a 20% cut to rates for pubs and small live music venues.
Aidan Lavin co-owns the Raven and Bine pub in Southampton and said: "It's a promising start from the new prime minister, however, I fear it's nothing even close to enough.
"The increasing pressure from VAT to business rates to an increased minimum wage, it just feels like the walls are closing in from all angles."
Lavin said he believes that without further measures, businesses across the South would not survive.
"It's coming to a point now where we are going to lose some of our inns and taverns, never to be returned," he told the BBC.
On Friday, Burnham headed to Manchester to spend his first day working at No 10 North, a new regional branch of the PM's office.
It is part of a move to shift power away from Whitehall and in to "every postcode", external.
Operating from Heron House in Manchester's city centre, No 10 North will be the government's new situation room for growth, it was announced.
It brings the "levers of local economic growth and devolution together under one roof for the first time", said the government.
Has Burnham won over voters in the South?
The new PM's first week in the job has seen him make a series of interventions aimed at easing the cost of living but has he won over people in the South?
Politics professor Robert Johns, from the University of Southampton, has been analysing Burnham's first week.
"I'd say the early signs are promising for Burnham," he said. "There seems to be a little bounce in a few polls we've had and there's no doubt that he has some of the ingredients to win over public appeal.
"The same things that have attracted Labour MPs are likely to attract voters who are left-inclined."
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