LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left.
He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding calls with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky before appointing his ministerial team.
Burnham, 56, pledged to re-industrialize Britain and end sleeping rough on the streets after he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to become the head of government following Starmer’s departure.
Britain needed to show the world it could “regain stability,” he said outside his new official residence at 10 Downing Street, vowing to create “a new political model” and “build a new economy.”
Burnham underlined his “commitment to defense and security” in his first call with Trump, a UK government spokesperson said.
