He promised a new economic model to a nation ‘fed up’ with a lack of stability to raise living standards.

The ex-Manchester mayor will become the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade when he takes office on Monday.

Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the new leader of Britain's governing Labour Party, and will become the country's seventh prime minister in a decade of extraordinary political…

The United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London after taking office on Monday. [Isabel Infantes / REUTERS]

Andy Burnham promises unity and tangible improvements as he steps into the UK premiership amid pressing challenges and cabinet uncertainties.

Burnham appears to herald break from neoliberalism as he takes over from Keir Starmer