Andy Burnham vows to 'bring back hope' as he is sworn in as Labour leader – video

Andy Burnham, nicknamed the 'king of the north', was elected leader of the Labour party on Friday at a special party conference at the TUC headquarters in London, the final step before becoming Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade on a pledge to thwart the rise of the populist Reform UK. Burnham said the country was 'crying out for a new politics' and he wants to offer hope to people

Burnham declares he is ready to ‘beat Britain’s new right’ as he becomes Labour leader