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Andy Burnham distanced himself from UK Prime Minister Starmer, but may be stuck with his policies
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|June 28, 2026
Britain looks set to get a change of tone at the top, replacing stolid, unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer with popular, affable Andy Burnham.
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But the charismatic Burnham may have difficulty — at least initially — distancing himself from policies set in motion by his predecessor. Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester who was sworn into Parliament hours after Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, will be constrained by the platform the center-left Labour Party was elected on that decisively ended 14 years of Conservative rule in 2024.
This story is from the June 28, 2026 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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