Andy Burnham to become new prime minister and lay out ‘10-year plan’ for the UK in No 10 speech - UK politics live

Andy Burnham becomes Britain's prime minister today, replacing Keir Starmer, who had become an electoral liability for Labour. The Guardian reports that Burnham is unusually popular with both the public and his own party—a rare combination in recent British politics. This marks the sixth prime ministerial transition in just over a decade, as Burnham prepares to outline a sweeping ten-year plan for addressing what he sees as structural problems facing the country.

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