Live updates, The new leader takes over from Keir Starmer just two years after the outgoing PM led Labour to a landslide election victory.Video Duration 27 minutes 25 seconds 27:25The UK gets its seventh prime minister in ten yearsPublished On 20 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham of the Labour Party will shortly take over as the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade.
He has promised to focus more clearly on issues people care about, such as the cost-of-living crisis and poorly performing services.
