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Andy Burnham becomes fifth prime minister in four years today

20 July 2026 · in 80 words

Andy Burnham becomes fifth prime minister in four years today

The former Greater Manchester mayor replaces Keir Starmer, who was pushed out by his own MPs two years after winning a landslide. Burnham gives his first speech outside Number 10 on Monday, once King Charles asks him to form a government, and is expected to call for "unity and stability". He is the UK's seventh prime minister in about a decade, having only returned to Parliament last month.

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