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On Friday, Britain's Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham has been confirmed as its leader. The former mayor of Greater Manchester is expected to be

The former mayor of Greater Manchester received nominations from 379 Labour lawmakers.

On Friday, Britain’s Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham has been confirmed as its leader. The former mayor of Greater Manchester is expected to be appointed prime minister on Monday after Keir Starmer formally steps down, in accordance with established procedure.

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British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who also chairs Labour’s National Executive Committee, said Burnham had received nominations from 379 Labour lawmakers. As the only candidate to reach the required threshold, he was declared leader without a ballot of party members.

Burnham returned to parliament after winning the Makerfield by-election, whose result was declared on June 19. Starmer announced his resignation as Labour leader on June 22, saying he would remain prime minister until his successor was chosen.

In his inaugural address as party leader, Burnham recalled working with Starmer about a decade ago to draft the original version of the Hillsborough law following the second Hillsborough inquest, drawing on Starmer’s legal expertise.

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Burnham also pledged a government based on traditional Labour values, with a program of economic renewal, greater public control, reindustrialization, and the return of power to local communities.

“We will be unequivocally Labour in our priorities and the decisions we make, putting people and territories at the heart of everything we do,” stated the new Labour leader, who has made the decentralization of government the cornerstone of his political project.

He said Britain had taken a series of wrong turns since the 1980s, as political power became increasingly centralized while essential services such as housing, water, energy and transport were privatized.

Burnham argued that this had driven up costs, concentrated wealth and power in fewer hands and left many former industrial towns without the authority to rebuild their economies. “I will be a leader for the north, the south, the east and the west,” he said.

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Sources: Xinhua – EFE

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