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Tag: Andy Burnham

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 21:01 UTC

    Falklands Assembly congratulates Burnham and looks to continuity with London

    The Assembly reaffirmed the principle that, it said, has been and will remain the foundation of its bond with the United Kingdom

    The Falklands Legislative Assembly congratulated the United Kingdom's new prime minister, Labour's Andy Burnham, and expressed confidence in the continuity of the relationship between the islands and London, in an official statement issued on Tuesday. The territory's legislative body said it looks forward to working with the new prime minister and his government, and to “continuing the close and productive relationship” between the two sides.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 07:16 UTC

    PM Andy Burnham’s first conversation was with President Trump, whom he invited to visit Manchester

    The Prime Minister also hoped that he would be able to show the President what Manchester had to offer during a visit in the future.

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shortly after taking office Monday afternoon, 20th July 2026. According to 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister began by congratulating the President on a successful World Cup and agreed that England had an excellent tournament.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 20:52 UTC

    Burnham's first moves as UK PM: new chancellor, Miliband to foreign office and a social turn

    Burnham, 56, acknowledged the fragility of his position and said politicians “need to be better” to restore stability

    The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Labour's Andy Burnham, began shaping his government with a cabinet reshuffle and a series of socially oriented announcements, hours after taking office in place of Keir Starmer. The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who reached Downing Street without a general election after winning the Labour leadership, is Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade.

  • Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 01:35 UTC

    Andy Burnham is the Labour leader, third time lucky for the UK’s prime ministerinwaiting

    Andy Burnham sworn is as MP fom Makerfield

    By Eric Shaw, Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling. Mr. Shaw is alzo a member of the Labour Party - A brief introduction, Andy Burnham officially becomes UK Prime Minister next Monday and can be expected to announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, as reported by BBC.

  • Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 05:45 UTC

    What to expect from the UK’s likely next prime minister Andy Burnham

    Two distinct levels to Project Andy: Manchesterism and Burnhamism. The former encompasses his policy vision, revolving around the notion of “business friendly socialism” and place-based politics

    By Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield (*)

    Resigning as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer said he accepted, “with good grace”, that the party does not think he is best placed to lead them into the next general election.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:08 UTC

    Burnham sworn in as MP and enters Labour leadership race with a clear path to No 10

    Burnham could be left without serious challengers, which would speed up the process: each contender needs the backing of 20% of Labour lawmakers to run.

    The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, was sworn in on Monday as MP for Makerfield and formally launched his candidacy to lead the Labour Party and, by extension, the British government, hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation. The backing of his most likely rival, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, cleared his path and consolidated him as the favorite to succeed Starmer.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 09:26 UTC

    UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns, clearing the way for Andy Burnham

    The pressure on Starmer intensified after Burnham returned to Parliament by winning the Makerfield by-election, in northern England

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday his resignation as leader of the Labour Party, a decision that clears the way for the former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to succeed him at the head of the party and the government. Starmer, who announced the move after losing the support of his parliamentary group, will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new leader is chosen.

  • Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:30 UTC

    Hot political summer ahead for Britain, Burnham MP intends to challenge PM Starmer

    Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament

    Andy Burnham, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor has won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament, and is ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party leadership saying he wants “to lay out a new path for Britain“ and Labour needs to ”make life affordable” again.

  • Monday, February 15th 2016 - 07:06 UTC

    US presses UK on renewing its Trident nuclear submarine fleet

    The deterrent allowed UK to “continue to play that outsized role on the global stage that it does because of its moral standing and its historical standing,” Carter said.

    Britain must renew its submarine-borne While most lawmakers in Cameron's party support keeping nuclear weapons, Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, is holding a review of the party's policy. if it is to maintain its “outsized” role in world affairs, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in comments published in Washington.

  • Monday, September 14th 2015 - 09:42 UTC

    Corbyn names shadow cabinet; appeals to unity including people from centre of the party

    The appointment of Mr. McDonnell as shadow chancellor, a key ally of Corbyn on the left, could be “very hard to stomach”.

    Jeremy Corbyn has named John McDonnell shadow chancellor and defeated leadership candidate Andy Burnham shadow home secretary. Hilary Benn will be shadow foreign secretary in the new Labor leader's first shadow cabinet. Lord Falconer will be shadow justice secretary, Angela Eagle will be shadow business secretary and Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander will oversee health.