“Andy Burnham will be the U.K.’s new prime minister after becoming Labour’s leader Friday,” Axios reports.
“Burnham vaulted from regional politics to the cusp of Downing Street within weeks — an unusually rapid ascent that leaves him little time to prepare for mounting economic and political challenges.”
“He spent seven years as the mayor of Greater Manchester before he was reelected to Parliament in June. He is due to officially become PM on Monday.”
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