{"id":2838,"date":"2026-07-20T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:13:16","slug":"andy-burnham-becomes-the-u-k-s-seventh-prime-minister-in-a-decade-after-starmer-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2838","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham becomes the U.K.\u2019s seventh prime minister in a decade after Starmer resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Prime Minister Andy Burnham acknowledged his precarious perch Monday as the seventh British leader in just over a decade as he set out an ambitious but vague vision to create a new political and economic establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2836\">Cirque du Soleil will return to Philadelphia with a holiday-special production<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham used his inaugural speech as prime minister to renew his theme of decentralizing power as he promised to end street sleeping by homeless people. He said he would deliver a \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d for a system he says has taken wrong turns since the 1980s when many public services were privatized.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will change politics to make it more collaborative, more about problem-solving than point-scoring,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land so that they can do more and in doing more, build a new economy where we put life\u2019s essentials back under stronger public control to make them affordable to you again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After weeks as leader-in-waiting, Burnham officially became prime minister during a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the monarch asked him to form a government.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He succeeded Keir Starmer, who stepped down just two years after winning a landslide election victory, on a day when Britain\u2019s political turbulence gave way, at least temporarily, to smooth choreography.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Buckingham Palace has released a photo of the king and Burnham shaking hands. The ceremony known as \u201ckissing hands\u201d marks the transfer of power, but didn\u2019t actually involve any hand kissing.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham said he was \u201cacutely conscious\u201d of the revolving door he was walking through at 10 Downing Street.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis a moment for reflection and new resolution,\u201d he said. \u201cIt requires my generation of politicians to raise our game and rise to the new challenge. Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge to make politics work, to make it work better.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham became the seventh U.K. prime minister since 2016 in a now well-rehearsed handover after replacing Starmer as leader of the center-left governing Labour Party on Friday. Starmer announced last month he would resign after missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Just over an hour earlier, Starmer made a short farewell speech in the same place outside the prime minister\u2019s residence, saying, \u201cMy work is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The outgoing leader said Britain is now \u201cstronger and fairer than it was two years ago,\u201d when he took office.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything that we have achieved,\u201d Starmer said before heading to Buckingham Palace to offer his resignation to the king. It was an offer \u201cHis Majesty was graciously pleased to accept,\u201d the palace said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Changing leaders in midterm<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Britain\u2019s parliamentary democracy allows governing parties to change leaders, and thus prime ministers, without the need for a general election. The next national poll doesn\u2019t have to be held until 2029, though Burnham can call one sooner if he wants.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2834\">N.J.-based Holtec plans IPO to boost sales of its mass-produced small nuclear plants<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham was the only candidate in a contest to become the party\u2019s new leader, securing nominations from 379 of the 403 Labour lawmakers in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham will confront many of the same struggles as his predecessor: a sluggish economy, a cost-of-living crisis, overstretched public services, concerns about migration, and foreign affairs that include wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>The new leader pledges a new style of politics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The former mayor of Greater Manchester previously pledged to make politics \u201cless toxic,\u201d improve living standards across the country, and \u201cbring back the hope we have all been missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Critics and supporters alike will be clamoring for details of how Burnham plans to fulfill his pledges when he announces parts of a 10-year plan today.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, it only will work if you can generate significant economic growth, because it\u2019s the lack of growth that\u2019s really holding the country back,\u201d said Joshi Herrmann, who has followed Burnham\u2019s career as founder of Manchester news site the Mill.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Attention will quickly turn to who Burnham will appoint to his Cabinet. He\u2019s expected to make changes to Starmer\u2019s top team, especially to the biggest jobs of Treasury chief, foreign secretary, and home secretary.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Burnham has praised Starmer\u2019s achievements, saying he would \u201cbuild on the foundation laid\u201d by his predecessor.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Starmer became Labour leader in 2020 after one of the party\u2019s worst election defeats, and led it to a landslide victory four years later. But he was soon defeated by the challenges of governing.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At his final Prime Minister\u2019s Questions session in Parliament on Wednesday, Starmer defended his government\u2019s record on the international stage \u2014 especially its support for Ukraine \u2014 and its domestic policy achievements. He mentioned stronger protections for working people, a reduction in child poverty, a law designed to stop official cover-ups after tragedies, and higher defense spending.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn 6\u00bd years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country, and won a landslide general election victory in 2024,\u201d Starmer said in his final remarks before leaving Downing St, hand-in-hand with his wife, Victoria.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSince then, it has been the privilege of my life to serve you and this great country as prime minister. I am confident that Britain is now stronger and fairer than it was two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2832\">Chibanos, a Chinese-Cuban sandwich shop built on family recipes, opens in Washington Square West<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He offers praise for his predecessor and promises a &quot;less toxic&quot; style of politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation-world","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andy Burnham becomes the U.K.\u2019s seventh prime minister in a decade after Starmer resigns - 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