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July 20, 2026

Andy Burnham Succeeds Keir Starmer as U.K. Prime Minister
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Andy Burnham takes over as the United Kingdom's next prime minister,
succeeding Keir Starmer. Burnham is Britain's seventh prime minister in
a decade. Burnham is the former mayor of Manchester and is considered to
be more left-leaning than Starmer. Starmer was forced to step down from
office after members of his Labour Party called on him to resign after
the party's huge losses in Britain's local elections.


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