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.

Andy Burnham has become the leader of the Labour party, paving the way for him to take over as U.K. Prime Minister after Keir Starmer's resignation.

Former mayor of Greater Manchester to become British prime minister on Monday