Within days of becoming prime minister in July 2024, Keir Starmer visited Stormont, stating he was committed to “rebuilding strong public services”. After years of Tory austerity and Brexit chaos, the mood was promising, but not for long. First Minister Michelle O’Neill recently said that Starmer refused to meet with the Executive over the past two years and, in effect, treated the people of the North as “second class citizens”. When Andy Burnham visits, what will he be faced with and will anything change?