LIVE: Andy Burnham to become UK PM, deliver first speech at 10 Downing
The new leader takes over from Keir Starmer just two years after the outgoing PM led Labour to a landslide election victory.
The UK gets its seventh prime minister in ten years
Published On 20 Jul 2026
- Andy Burnham of the Labour Party will shortly take over as the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade.
- He has promised to focus more clearly on issues people care about, such as the cost-of-living crisis and poorly performing services.
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