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AsiaPac · 8 mins ago
New PM Burnham vows 10-year plan for Britain
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham yesterday promised to set out a 10-year-plan for Britain, to ease the cost of living crisis and outlined policy goals, including an end to sleeping on the streets.Accompanied by his wife, Marie-France van Heel, Burnham earlier met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to become the head of government after Keir Starmer resigned.Burnham, 56, arrived at Downing Street to resounding applause from supporters and acknowledged he was the country’s seventh prime minister since the start of 2016. Supporters and lawmakers listen to newly appointed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech outside 10 Downing Street in London after he took office yesterday. Photo: Reuters Britain needed to show the world it could “regain stability,” he said, vowing to offer
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