Will Andy Burnham be the UK's new Prime Minister?
6/23/202630 min
The man poised to become Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade has been sworn in as a member of parliament, hours after Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Andy Burnham - the former mayor of Manchester - won an emphatic by-election victory last week and has confirmed he'll now stand for the leadership of the governing Labour Party. But who is Andy Burnham? And what is his vision for the UK?
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[upbeat music] He's widely recognized as one of the greatest footballers in history.
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He's won the prestigious Ballon d'Or award five times.
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He's the all-time leading goal scorer in professional football.
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[upbeat music] [upbeat music] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hi, I'm Ankur Desai, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the twenty-third of June, these are our main stories. A dramatic day in Westminster. The UK Prime Minister steps down, and his likely successor steps in. After