{"id":1884,"date":"2026-07-20T04:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2026-07-20T04:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:38:34","slug":"andy-burnham-will-become-uk-prime-minister-after-a-meeting-with-king-charles-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1884","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham will become UK prime minister after a meeting with King Charles III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON (AP) \u2014 The moment for Andy Burnham<\/span> has finally come.<\/p>\n

After weeks as U.K. prime minister-in-waiting, Burnham will take office on Monday, succeeding the departing Keir Starmer<\/span>, and Britain\u2019s political turbulence will give way, at least temporarily, to smooth choreography.<\/p>\n

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Burnham will become 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<\/span> on Friday.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said Burnham will say in his first speech as prime minister he\u2019s \u201cacutely aware\u201d of how many changes of leader the country has been through in the past decade, and will pledge to restore stability.<\/p>\n

Starmer said much the same when he took office two years ago.<\/span> Last month he announced he would resign after missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public. <\/p>\n

Burnham was the only candidate in a contest<\/span> to become the party\u2019s new leader, securing nominations from 379 of the 403 Labour lawmakers in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

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On Monday morning Starmer will travel the mile from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace to formally tell King Charles III<\/span> that he\u2019s resigning. Soon after, Burnham will go to the palace and Charles will ask him to form a government. He will officially become prime minister in a ceremony known as \u201ckissing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

The king\u2019s role harkens back to a time when the monarch exercised supreme power and chose a prime minister to run the government. Today, the king has no political power, but the monarch still officially offers the job to the leader of the party that can command a majority in the House of Commons. No hand-kissing is involved.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s parliamentary democracy allows governing parties to change leaders, and thus prime ministers, without the need for a general election. The next national poll doesn\u2019t have to be held until 2029, though Burnham can call one sooner if he wants.<\/p>\n

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Burnham will head from the palace to Downing Street, where it\u2019s customary for new prime ministers to make a short speech outside the prime minister\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n

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The former mayor of Greater Manchester has pledged to make politics \u201cless toxic,\u201d improve living standards across the country and \u201cbring back the hope we have all been missing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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