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Andy Burnham Succeeds Keir Starmer as U.K. Prime Minister

HeadlineJul 20, 2026

Andy Burnham takes over as the United Kingdom’s next prime minister, succeeding Keir Starmer. Burnham is Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade. Burnham is the former mayor of Manchester and is considered to be more left-leaning than Starmer. Starmer was forced to step down from office after members of his Labour Party called on him to resign after the party’s huge losses in Britain’s local elections.

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