Andy Burnham to be appointed UK prime minister by Charles III after Starmer resigns
LONDON (AP) — The moment for Andy Burnham has finally come. After weeks as U. K. prime minister-in-waiting, Burnham went to Buckingham Palace on Monday to be appointed Britain's new leader by King Charles III. He succeeds Keir Starmer, and Britain’s political turbulence gave way, at least temporarily, to smooth choreography. Burnham is the seventh U. K. prime minister since 2016 in a now well-rehearsed handover after replacing Starmer as leader of the center-left governing Labour Party on...
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