After replacing Sir Keir as Prime Minister on Monday, Mr Burnham wielded the axe as he culled those closest to his predecessor.

Keir Starmer is departing just two years after winning an extraordinary election landslide, leaving Mr Burnham to become the country's seventh PM in a decade.

Keir Starmer resigns as UK Prime Minister, making way for Andy Burnham after a historic yet brief leadership tenure.

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

The Chancellor has become the most high-profile casualty of Andy Burnham 's plan for a new direction at the top of Government after weeks of briefings that she hoped to cling on.

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.

Delay to appointments sparked rumours of discontent over the top jobs

Uncertainty over Andy Burnham's pick for Chancellor has triggered a state of hysteria in Westminster - and his choice of ex-Defence Secretary John Healey blindsided many

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…

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…

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…

LONDON (AP) — New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will gather his Cabinet for a first meeting on Tuesday, after purging allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government.

After replacing Sir Keir as Prime Minister on Monday, Mr Burnham wielded the axe as he culled those closest to his predecessor.

Andy Burnham purged a number of Sir Keir Starmer’s close allies on Monday as he unveiled his new cabinet - but how different really is his top team from that of his predecessor?…

New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a tax cut to ease cost-of-living pressures prior to convening his first Cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon.A day after earlier…

Andy Burnham was last night asked to explain how he will pay for his Left-wing spending spree.