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How does a party leader become PM?

Andy Burnham is expected to become Labour leader next week and Prime Minister on July 20. In the UK, the leader of the political party that wins a general election, or can command a majority in the House of Commons, is invited by the monarch to form a government and become Prime Minister.

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