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Andy Burnham Appointed UK Prime Minister, Seventh in Ten Years
Andy Burnham, 56, was appointed UK Prime Minister on July 20, 2026, by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London. The former Mayor of Greater Manchester — a metropolitan county of 2.8 million residents in northwestern England — succeeds Keir Starmer, whose resignation was accepted the same morning. Burnham is the seventh British Prime Minister in ten years. At 10 Downing Street, he promised "the biggest changes in 40 years" and pledged immediate action on homelessness and cost-of-living measures.