Burnham assumes PM role with housing pledge and cabinet shake-up

Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister, replacing Keir Starmer, and unveils an agenda to end rough sleeping with £340m over five years, launch a 10-year plan to rebuild the economy, and bring life’s essentials under public control, alongside cost‑of‑living relief and education reforms; his cabinet includes John Healey as chancellor, Ed Miliband as foreign secretary, Shabana Mahmood as home secretary, and Louise Haigh heading the Cabinet Office as first secretary of state, with further appointments expected. In a lectern-free Downing Street address, Burnham stressed restoring stability after political churn and followed Starmer’s farewell.