Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party's new leader and the country's next prime minister, during Labour's Special Conference in central London Friday. Burnham is expected to offcially become Britain's prime minister on Monday. Pool Photo by Henry Nicholls/EPA
July 17 (UPI) -- Andy Burnham has pledged to run a Labour government without infighting and factional politics as he prepares to become prime minister of Britain on Monday.
Burnham is now the leader of the Labour Party in the British Parliament. He made a speech Friday in central London in which he said he'd put an end to party squabbles, create a "new type of politics," work with other parties, be a leader for "everywhere" in the kingdom and shift power from Parliament.
He also said he plans to undo the "Thatcherism" of the 1980s, create more public ownership of utilities, build more public housing and find the money to fix social programs in Britain.
He also promised to be "pro-business" like he was when he was mayor of Greater Manchester. He said he would lead a "distinctively Labour" government, not copying the Tories, Greens or Reform UK.
