Andy Burnham confirmed as New Labour Leader, set to become UK's next PM
Labour crowns Andy Burnham as Starmer's successor and next PM
The UK's ruling Labour Party confirmed Andy Burnham as its new leader on Friday, making him the prime minister-designate who would take office at 10 Downing Street the following week. At a special party conference in London, Shabana Mahmood, chair of Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC), delivered the news.She remarked, "There was only one nominated MP... hardly a nail biter." After departing Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally tendered his resignation to King Charles III on Monday, Burnham will be invited to form a new administration.
