Tag: Andy Burnham

• Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:44 UTC

  Burnham's Labour edges ahead of Reform UK in a YouGov poll for the first time

  

  The Labour Party of British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has moved ahead of Reform UK, the right-wing party led by Nigel Farage, in a voting intention survey by YouGov published on Tuesday by The Times. It is the first time this has happened in that pollster's series since Reform took the lead in early 2025.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:29 UTC

  PM Burnham hands mayors share of income tax “to make lives better in every postcode”

  

  The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has launched the biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation, giving communities greater control over the decisions that shape jobs, transport, housing and public services in their area.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 21:01 UTC

  Falklands Assembly congratulates Burnham and looks to continuity with London

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.