“My work is done”, says Starmer as he leaves Downing Street for the last time as PM and Andy Burnham prepares to take office
LONDON: The moment for Andy Burnham has finally come.
After weeks as UK prime minister-in-waiting, Burnham will take office on Monday, succeeding the departing Keir Starmer, and Britain’s political turbulence will give way, at least temporarily, to smooth choreography.
Burnham will become the seventh UK prime minister since 2016 in a now well-rehearsed handover after replacing Starmer as leader of the center-left governing Labour Party on Friday.
Starmer said goodbye with a short speech outside the prime minister’s 10 Downing Street residence, saying “my work is done.”
