{"id":10736,"date":"2026-07-19T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2026-07-19T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:42:35","slug":"andy-burnham-confirmed-as-labour-leader-to-be-prime-minister-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10736","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour leader; to be prime minister Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/2911784315559\/2026\/upi_com\/90942fd5e4d201ae6ecdbd5cf0458587\/v1.5\/Andy-Burnham-confirmed-as-Labour-leader-to-be-prime-minister-Monday.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party&#8217;s new leader and the country&#8217;s next prime minister, during Labour&#8217;s Special Conference in central London Friday. Burnham is expected to offcially become Britain&#8217;s prime minister on Monday. Pool Photo by Henry Nicholls\/EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 17 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Andy_Burnham\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Andy Burnham\" class=\"tpstyle\">Andy Burnham<\/a> has pledged to run a Labour government without infighting and factional politics as he prepares to become prime minister of Britain on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jul\/17\/andy-burnham-becomes-labour-leader-final-step-towards-uk-pm\" target=\"_blank\">now the leader<\/a> of the Labour Party in the British Parliament. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/clywy2n7g4dt\" target=\"_blank\">made a speech<\/a> Friday in central London in which he said he&#8217;d put an end to party squabbles, create a &#8220;new type of politics,&#8221; work with other parties, be a leader for &#8220;everywhere&#8221; in the kingdom and shift power from Parliament.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also said he plans to undo the &#8220;Thatcherism&#8221; of the 1980s, create more public ownership of utilities, build more public housing and find the money to fix social programs in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised to be &#8220;pro-business&#8221; like he was when he was mayor of Greater Manchester. He said he would lead a &#8220;distinctively Labour&#8221; government, not copying the Tories, Greens or Reform UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Factionalism has bedevilled us,&#8221; Burnham said. &#8220;Today we moved beyond it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he is not releasing his cabinet picks until after Monday when Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to hand over the reins. But most believe he&#8217;ll choose Shabana Mahmood, the current home secretary, to be the chancellor of the exchequer. Some fear she leans too far to the right, having enacted a hardline immigration stance under Starmer.\n<\/p>\n<p>The left wing of the party wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Ed_Miliband\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ed Miliband\" class=\"tpstyle\">Ed Miliband<\/a>, who considers himself a socialist, in the position. But some business leaders felt his appointment could spook the markets.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Starmer will meet with King Charles at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Buckingham_Palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buckingham Palace\" class=\"tpstyle\">Buckingham Palace<\/a> to formally resign, then Burnham will meet soon after with the king, who will then ask him to form a government. When Burnham accepts, he becomes prime minister. Then, he will head to 10 Downing St., where he will likely give a speech before going into his new home.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer has said he will stay the MP for Holborn and St. Pancras until at least the next election.<\/p>\n<p>Reform UK&#8217;s far-right leader Nigel Farage spoke at the UK Conservative Political Action Conference Friday after Burnham&#8217;s speech, calling it &#8220;utterly vacuous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Farage called Burnham &#8220;the great chameleon of British politicians,&#8221; the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>He said Burnham has no mandate and said the British public, &#8220;has had enough of this game of musical chairs. 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