Lawmaker Andy Burnham is widely expected to succeed Starmer after emerging as the sole candidate to replace the outgoing leader.

‘Something is very broken about British politics,’ said the US vice president

The US vice-president said the next prime minister must figure out ‘how to get Britain back on track’.

Lawmaker Andy Burnham is widely expected to succeed Starmer after emerging as the sole candidate to replace the outgoing leader.

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Burnham is set to be the seventh UK Prime Minister in ten years, and Vance says this decade-long churn of leaders indicates 'something is very broken about British politics'.