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Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s new prime minister – The Latest

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Andy Burnham has become the sixth UK prime minister in a decade after a transfer of power from his predecessor Keir Starmer. In his first address outside Downing Street, he said his arrival in power would be a ‘circuit breaker’ moment for Britain and that his government would bring the ‘biggest changes in 40 years’. Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra Topping watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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