{"id":2632536,"date":"2026-07-20T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-burnham-appointed-britains-new-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:47:10","slug":"andy-burnham-appointed-britains-new-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-burnham-appointed-britains-new-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham appointed Britain&#8217;s new prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandy-burnham-appointed-britains-new-prime-minister%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2632536&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Andy Burnham has been inaugurated as the new Prime Minister of the united Kingdom, succeeding Keir Starmer. He was sworn in after a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham palace, marking a historic moment as he becomes the first Catholic to lead the country since Queen Mary Tudor in 1558. Burnham, formerly the mayor of Manchester, entered Parliament just four weeks prior and has expressed hopes of revitalizing the Labor Party by focusing on working-class issues, social spending, and economic cooperation. In his first speech outside 10 Downing Street, he emphasized making politics more collaborative and addressing the country\u2019s long-standing economic decline since the 1980s. Despite enthusiasm within the party, Burnham faces significant challenges, including ongoing economic issues linked to demographic changes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-flips-iowa-state-house-seat-held-by-democrats-for-decades\/\" title=\"Republican Flips Iowa State House Seat Held By Democrats For Decades\">low approval ratings<\/a> for recent UK Prime Ministers. Starmer expressed full support for Burnham\u2019s leadership as he prepared to form his cabinet.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653492\/andy-burnham-cabinet-picks-uk-prime-minister-appointment\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653492\/andy-burnham-cabinet-picks-uk-prime-minister-appointment\/\">Andy Burnham<\/a> was sworn in as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"547\">United Kingdom\u2019s<\/a> new prime minister, taking over from the historically unpopular Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Manchester mayor has taken the country\u2019s top elected office just four weeks after entering parliament, having been floated as Starmer\u2019s most likely successor since his premiership entered its existential danger phase earlier this year. Burnham became prime minister after a meeting with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace, as per U.K. procedure, shortly after the king accepted Starmer\u2019s resignation. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the king had \u201crequested him to form a new Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4655046\/andy-burnham-appointed-britain-new-prime-minister\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Andy Burnham appointed Britain\u2019s new prime minister<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4654696\/kyiv-largest-ballistic-missile-attack-russia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Six dead as Kyiv hit by largest ballistic missile attack of war with interceptor stock low<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653492\/andy-burnham-cabinet-picks-uk-prime-minister-appointment\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Burnham \u2018finalizing\u2019 Cabinet picks ahead of appointment as UK prime minister<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Britain\u2019s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026.(AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/AP26201439429011.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026.(AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Labour Party leader \u201caccepted The King\u2019s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653492\/andy-burnham-cabinet-picks-uk-prime-minister-appointment\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4653492\">BURNHAM \u2018FINALIZING\u2019 CABINET PICKS AHEAD OF APPOINTMENT AS UK PRIME MINISTER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment is a historic one \u2014 Burnham is the first Catholic to lead the country since the death of Queen Mary Tudor in 1558, in a country that long distinguished itself in its opposition to Catholicism. Catholics were long persecuted and barred from office, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ewtn.co.uk\/article-andy-burnhams-catholic-identity-in-spotlight-in-uk-prime-minister-race\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/ewtn.co.uk\/article-andy-burnhams-catholic-identity-in-spotlight-in-uk-prime-minister-race\/\">some laws still in the books<\/a> barring certain Catholic influence may trigger some awkwardness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopes are high within Labour that Burnham can revive their fortunes, after repeated scandals and record low popularity. The new prime minister has projected an image of vigor, claiming the party\u2019s problems can be traced back to its departure from its founding philosophy. He has pledged to refocus the party on the working class, public-private cooperation economically, and a boost in social spending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This message was central in his first speech as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street, promising that his premiership would be a \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d for the U.K., \u201cbringing forward the biggest changes in the last 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBritain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge: to make politics work, to make it work better,\u201d Burnham said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He bemoaned the \u201cwrong turns\u201d the country had made since the 1980s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolitical power was centralized, economic power privatized,\u201d Burnham said. \u201cLarge parts of the country deindustrialized, and they still haven\u2019t recovered. Many feel as though they\u2019re still in decline, and they don\u2019t have the ability to turn things around. And that\u2019s why we will change politics to make it more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starmer pledged his full support to his successor in his own final speech in the same spot less than an hour before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4644949\/europe-demographic-time-bomb-leader-popularity\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4644949\">EUROPE\u2019S DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB IS KILLING ITS LEADERS\u2019 POPULARITY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has my full support,\u201d Starmer said. \u201cI go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Burnham\u2019s taking of the reins has sparked a groundswell of hope from Labour members, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democrats-vote-for-allowing-babies-who-survive-abortions-to-die-without-care\/\" title=\"Virginia Democrats Vote For Allowing Babies Who Survive Abortions To Die Without Care\">faces major challenges<\/a>. The U.K.\u2019s six prime ministers since Brexit have all left office despised, largely due to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4644949\/europe-demographic-time-bomb-leader-popularity\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4644949\">structural economic issues<\/a> associated with an aging population. His peers in Western Europe have failed to overcome these issues and now grapple with some of the lowest approval ratings in their respective histories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">breaking news story<\/a> and may be updated. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Burnham becomes UK PM after Keir Starmer&#8217;s resignation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2632537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26201439429011.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81422,5894,34314,37328],"class_list":["post-2632536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-andy-burnham","tag-politics","tag-prime-minister","tag-uk-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26201439429011.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632540,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632536\/revisions\/2632540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}