Andy Burnham arrives at Buckingham Palace to become prime minister after Keir Starmer formally resigns – UK politics live

Andy Burnham has arrived at Buckingham Palace today to formally meet with the King, who will invite him to form a government and become the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade. Keir Starmer's formal resignation has cleared the path, per The Guardian. On his way to Number Ten, Burnham is being met with banners urging the government to block the proposed Rosebank oil field development in the North Sea.

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