Andy Burnham is the UK's new prime minister

Andy Burnham has officially become the United Kingdom’s new prime minister after Keir Starmer tendered his resignation to King Charles III on Monday morning.

Supporters gathered in Downing Street on Monday afternoon to hear Burnham deliver his first speech as prime minister.

Burnham announced that he will unveil a 10-year plan for the UK later this year, setting out exactly where he wants the country to be and how his government intends to get it there. His priorities include tackling the cost-of-living crisis and homelessness, reforming the education system, and reindustrialising the country to rebuild British industry.

Burnham described his appointment as "a moment for reflection and new resolution," insisting that this generation of politicians will have to "raise their game" to prove that the UK can regain stability after numerous "wrong turns," which he tracked back to the 1980s.

Acknowledging that the British public has grown fed up with politics, Burnham promised to do better and deliver a "circuit breaker" from the country’s existing political model.

"I will give this my all," Burnham concluded, as he was met with cheers and applause from the crowd gathered outside the historic blck door on 10 Downing Street.

Starmer announced his resignation on 22 June following Labour’s poor performance in local elections and the Scottish and Welsh parliamentary elections in May.

Burnham subsequently won the Makerfield parliamentary by-election on 18 June, returning to Westminster and immediately emerging as the clear frontrunner to replace Starmer.

He was ultimately elected Labour leader unopposed after 379 of the party’s 403 MPs nominated the former Greater Manchester mayor, clearing the way for him to become the country’s next prime minister.