Andy Burnham Becomes Prime Minister of UK
Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the new of the United Kingdom, taking over for Keir Starmer, who resigned.
Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the new of the United Kingdom.
Burnham assumed the position Monday following the resignation of his predecessor, Keir Starmer.
King Charles III invited Burnham to form a new government, as is tradition. The two met at Buckingham Palace Monday when Burnham became the new Prime Minister.
Burnham won a seat in Parliament earlier this month with 55% of the vote. He immediately ran to replace Starmer as Labour Party leader.
Burnham is the seventh U.K. prime minister since 2016.
"We will change politics, to make it more collaborative, more about problem-solving than point scoring," Burnham said outside 10 Downing Street. "And we will take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land, so that they can do more.”
"And, in doing more, build a new economy where we put life's essentials back under stronger public control to make them affordable to you again – reindustrializing Britain, using public procurement to back British industry."