3Photo© thehindu.comBritain Gets Its 7th Prime Minister In Just 10 Years As Andy Burnham Takes Charge
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Andy Burnham, newly elected leader of the Labour Party, on Monday (July 20, 2026) took charge as the U.K.'s new Prime Minister.
King Charles III invited the 56-year-old former Mayor of Greater Manchester to form a new government following the resignation of Keir Starmer moments earlier to mark the formal handover of power.
"The Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP had an audience of the King this morning and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which His Majesty was graciously pleased to accept," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
“ I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything that we have achieved,
Keir Starmer,
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