Straits Times
Pledging to 'rewire Britain', 'King of the North' Burnham becomes PM
LONDON, July 20 - Andy Burnham, dubbed the 'King of the North', becomes Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, promising to \"rewire\" the nation to better focus on issues people care about, such as a cost-of-living crisis…
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