He is reportedly considering rent control measures, alongside plans to build more public housing to help bring down welfare spending.Burnham has pledged to re-industrialise the country and push through greater public control of utilities He is also expected to look at possible caps on bus fares — an echo of his policy in Manchester, where riders would not pay more than £2 ($3.80) — and other measures to back up his assertion that he would "put the care of people at the heart of everything I do".He has long supported the idea that social care should be more of a universal system, but says he wants to see a "fair and lasting" reduction to welfare spending — through improving employment support rather than cutting payment benefits.On immigration, Burnham recently said net migration "needs to fall further", though he hasn't set a specific target