David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Steve Reed were among the first high-profile Cabinet ministers to be shown the door by Mr Burnham.

The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Labour's Andy Burnham, began shaping his government with a cabinet reshuffle and a series of socially oriented announcements, hours after…

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British government bond yields saw a slight increase on Monday. Andy Burnham is set to become the country's seventh Prime Minister in a decade. Investors are anticipating one or…

The prospect of Burnham, considered more left-leaning than Starmer, replacing the incumbent prime minister sent jitters through bond markets earlier this year.

Burnham's first challenge will be the choice of his Cabinet team and especially his finance minister. Friction in this axis of government has brought down previous administrations.

Andy Burnham has started reshaping his team after admitting in his first speech to the country that the Labour Government 'needs to be better'.

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David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Steve Reed were among the first high-profile Cabinet ministers to be shown the door by Mr Burnham.

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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…

As Andy Burnham takes office as Prime Minister and appoints his new Cabinet, a series of Labour politicians have gone into Number 10 while we have been reporting live.

From the Treasury to the Home Office, we look at who will head up key departments in new PM’s government

Andy Burnham has unveiled his top team as Rachel Reeves and David Lammy departed the government, with the new PM pledging 'the moment when Britain starts to believe again'

Andy Burnham has conducted a brutal purge of Starmer loyalists and made some shock appointments to key government roles. Here, The Independent looks at the main winners and losers…

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…

The new Prime Minister showed a glint of steel as he sacked Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, Lord Hermer and a string of his predecessor's closest Cabinet supporters within hours of…

Andy Burnham became UK prime minister, reshuffled the cabinet, and outlined a left-leaning 10-year agenda focused on affordability, housing, and decentralisation.Burnham…

A big Cabinet reshuffle under the incoming PM yielded some surprises — and opened up some potential new Westminster dramas.

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office on Monday, reshuffling the cabinet to remove allies of predecessor Keir Starmer and appointing John Healey as finance…