Burnham to say UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM

Per The Guardian, Andy Burnham will become Britain's sixth prime minister in a decade on Monday after visiting Buckingham Palace to formally accept the role from the King. He'll begin making cabinet appointments that same afternoon. Burnham is warning that the nation must be honest about the challenges ahead while his government moves to ease the cost of living and expands North Sea fossil fuel drilling.

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