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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his keynote speech on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Britain

Burnham vows big shake-up for UK in high-risk political speech

Prime minister promises national care service, electoral reform and EU reset while warning of pension funding trade-offs.

Britain

Britain’s Labour Party launches annual conference buoyed by Burnham

United States

Trump criticises UK’s Chagos deal, says new British PM Burnham will reconsider

Britain

UK’s Burnham pledges to restore hope as he makes House of Commons debut as PM

His vow to ‘unlock a feeling of positivity and possibility’ was a marked contrast to his predecessor Starmer’s downbeat pronouncements.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks at the House of Commons in London on Tuesday. Photo: House of Commons via Reuters
Britain

UK ex-PM Starmer to quit parliament, focus on ‘international affairs’

Keir Starmer was deeply unpopular during his two years in power, and eventually had to step down after multiple missteps.

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European Union

New UK PM Burnham’s honeymoon ends as Trump, first budget loom large

Since succeeding Keir Starmer, Burnham has pleased voters with several low-cost sweeteners, including cutting electricity bills and bus fares.

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Britain

UK PM Burnham exchanged messages with Trump aide impostor: reports

The UK leader reportedly sent messages to a person he believed to be White House chief of staff Susie Wiles before becoming suspicious.

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Photo: AFP
Britain

UK’s Burnham vows to end ‘subscription traps’ amid cost-of-living crisis

New rules would force companies to make cancelling contracts as easy as joining.

United States

New UK foreign minister dodges questions on his past Trump remarks

Ed Miliband in Washington ignores shouted inquiries about calling the US president an ‘idiot, a racist and a misogynist’.

Britain

France condemns Farage-led plan to deploy British navy against Channel migrants

Paris warns pushback operation would breach international law as hard-right party vows to return small boats.

Nigel Farage announcing Reform's tougher immigration policy. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK’s Burnham signals support for written constitution

Two weeks into office, new leader seeks fundamental overhaul of Britain’s patchwork legal structure.

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

Burnham meets Zelensky, pledges ‘Stone Cloak’ tech for Ukraine’s drones

In his first meeting with a foreign leader, Andy Burnham pledges battlefield jamming technology ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Washington.

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Ukraine war

UK’s Burnham to host Zelensky in first foreign leader visit

Burnham vows Britain will stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Ukraine ahead of Zelensky’s meeting with Trump.

Britain

UK’s Burnham ‘putting Britain first’ as he rules out 2029 election

Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham ‘will always put Britain’s interests first’ when asked if he would call out US President Donald Trump.

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during an interview at No. 10 North at Heron House, in Manchester, Britain, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

New UK PM to cut taxes for struggling pubs: ‘drop in the ocean’

Ministers did not say how the cut, which is expected to cost government finances around £100 million a year, would be funded.

Customers drink outside a pub in London on July 3. Pubs, a quintessential cornerstone of British communities, are closing at the rate of around one a day. Photo: EPA
Britain

UK’s Burnham eyes lower energy bills in first move as PM

This is the first of several early moves to ease a cost-of-living crisis and quell anger over previous governments’ failure to bring change.

United States

Tate brothers to fight extradition from US to UK following Miami arrests

Social media influencers appear in Miami court in handcuffs as lawyer claims arrests were politically motivated.

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Britain

China’s Li congratulates Andy Burnham on becoming Britain’s new prime minister

Li said strengthening dialogue and cooperation between ⁠China and the UK will benefit ‌the nations and ‘inject stability into global ‌peace’.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has congratulated Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK’s new PM Andy Burnham vows to end years of instability

After being formally appointed by King Charles, Burnham promised a 10-year plan to restore political stability and revive the economy.

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Trump welcomes reports Andy Burnham could open up North Sea oil drilling

People in the Scottish city of Aberdeen will be ‘dancing in the streets’, Trump said. Britain’s incoming PM has not confirmed the reports.

European Union

Opinion | As the UK discusses an EU return, Hong Kong offers lessons

Like Hong Kong, which functions as a special administrative region of China, could the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union with a special administrative name?

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Workers remove a Union Jack flag, near the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, on May 14. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

UK’s Burnham faces test as Trump seeks British bases for Iran attack

The incoming PM said that he planned to be ‘upfront’ with the US president, who has threatened to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure.

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Newly confirmed Labour Party leader Andy Burnham takes a selfie with supporters in Gravesend, England, on Friday. Photo: PA via AP
Britain

UK’s next prime minister Andy Burnham vows to ‘give hope back’ to Britons

The ex-Manchester mayor will become the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade when he takes office on Monday.

Britain

‘End of my political journey’: UK’s Starmer takes last questions session

The prime minister, who steps down next week, says he is leaving Britain ‘in better shape than I found it’.

Britain

UK outlaws support for IRGC, Iran-linked group under new powers

Ban follows attacks on Jewish-linked sites in London, including the torching of four community ambulances.

Volunteer ambulances in London run by a Jewish organisation that were on fire in March. Photo: AFP
Britain

Burnham to be next UK prime minister after securing more Labour MPs’ support

Andy Burnham’s 349 nominations have effectively ruled out any rival bid for leadership.

Andy Burnham will be sworn in as Britain's prime minister next Monday, succeeding outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo: AP
Britain

UK to change law in bid to deport grooming gang ringleader

Home secretary proposes emergency amendment to strip 1971 legal protections from ‘the vilest foreign criminals’.

Britain

UK counterterror police take lead in suspected murder of ex-minister

Suspect rearrested on terror charges after ‘new information and evidence’ emerges in killing of Ann Widdecombe.

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