Andy Burnham has been named as the Labour Party's new leader and is set to take over as the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday.
Burnham was announced as the new head of the party by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood at a special press conference on Friday.
In a speech following his unveiling, Burnham said it was a "proud" and "emotional" moment for him and his family and paid tribute to outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
He went on to vow sweeping changes to British politics and criticised his generation of politicians for not doing enough for working class people across the UK.
"This generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply does not work well enough for ordinary people," he said. "We pledge to them, today, to be better."
