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20 July 2026

Andy Burnham: this will be a “circuit breaker” for Britain

Burnham said his premiership will bring about “the biggest changes in the last 40 years”

By Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon

Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. 

In his first Downing Street address as Prime Minister on Monday afternoon (20 July), Burnham said he is “acutely conscious” that he is the country’s seventh prime minister in the last decade but promised that his appointment will be a “circuit breaker for Britain”. Burnham said his premiership will bring about the “biggest changes for the last 40 years”. 

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