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New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks outside 10 Downing Street on Monday. Photo: Zeynep Demir/Anadolu via Getty Images
Andy Burnham is the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in a decade, inheriting an economy constrained by weak growth, high debt and years of political turmoil.
Why it matters: Burnham is promising to remake Britain's economy just as growth has stalled, inflation remains elevated and public finances are stretched.
