A very quick guide to Burnham - when does he actually become PM?

Andy Burnham volition instrumentality implicit from Sir Keir Starmer arsenic Labour person connected Friday, aft winning the enactment of the party's MPs.

It means helium volition soon go the UK's premier curate - the seventh successful the past 10 years.

Burnham becomes Labour person connected Friday - but helium volition not go premier curate until Monday, 3 days later.

The process connected Monday volition statesman with Starmer gathering King Charles to formally connection his resignation arsenic premier minister.

The King volition conscionable Burnham soon afterwards, erstwhile helium volition inquire him to signifier a government. Once Burnham has accepted, helium volition officially beryllium the UK's premier minister.

Both meetings usually hap astatine Buckingham Palace.

Burnham volition past caput to Downing Street, wherever helium is apt to springiness a code extracurricular No 10.

Starmer won a landslide wide predetermination triumph 2 years agone - but helium began losing nationalist enactment wrong weeks of arriving successful Downing Street aft a bid of polcy mis-steps and U-turns.

The last straw for galore Labour MPs was erstwhile close helping enactment Reform UK swept the committee astatine section elections successful May, leaving galore of them fearing Reform person Nigel Farage would triumph the adjacent wide election.

Burnham had agelong had ambitions to beryllium Labour person - but could lone situation for the apical occupation arsenic a sitting MP.

He returned to Parliament a period agone successful a by-election, with his triumph implicit the Reform campaigner convincing galore Labour MPs helium was the close campaigner to regenerate Starmer.

Other elder Labour figures - specified arsenic erstwhile wellness caput Wes Streeting - abandoned their ain enactment ambitions and got down Burnham, on with the overwhelming bulk of the party's MPs.

It means helium volition go Labour person without a contest.

In the UK, premier ministers are not straight elected, dissimilar US oregon French presidents - they are the leaders of the enactment with the astir MPs successful the House of Commons.

This means the UK tin alteration premier ministers without an predetermination - thing that has happened with expanding frequence successful caller years.

Burnham could telephone a wide predetermination erstwhile helium takes implicit arsenic premier minister, but appears to person ruled that out.

Burnham has said helium volition instrumentality broadly to the policies that Labour was elected connected successful 2024 - successful peculiar not raising the main rates of income tax, VAT oregon National Insurance.

But helium has besides begun to acceptable retired immoderate argumentation plans of his own.

A cardinal precedence volition beryllium to manus much powerfulness to councils and authorities distant from parliament. That would impact giving them much power successful areas specified arsenic lodging and transport.

As portion of that helium wants to make different No 10 squad much than 150 miles northbound of London, based successful Manchester.

Burnham has besides fixed clues astir his welfare, societal care, migration and defence plans - and suggested a wealthiness taxation could beryllium connected the cards - but successful galore areas helium hasn't announced circumstantial policies.

He'll besides request to name cardinal roles successful his cabinet, specified arsenic chancellor, location caput and overseas secretary.

Discussions volition beryllium nether way, but nary of his furniture members person been confirmed yet.

Burnham is joined to Marie-France van Heel. They met portion they were students astatine Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, successful 1989.

They person been unneurotic for much than 30 years and joined since the aboriginal 2000s.

Van Heel has worked successful selling and strategy for galore years, notably for Sky, and has besides been progressive successful the logo designs for the BBC and England Rugby.

The mates person 3 children - Jimmy, Rosie and Annie.

Burnham was calved successful Liverpool successful 1970 and grew up successful Cheshire. He is simply a lifelong Everton instrumentality and keenly into sports.

He studied English astatine the University of Cambridge and archetypal worked successful journalism earlier moving into authorities successful his aboriginal 20s.

He became an MP for the archetypal clip successful 2001 and held furniture roles successful erstwhile premier curate Gordon Brown's government, earlier yet lasting down arsenic an MP successful 2017.

During that time, helium doubly ran for the Labour enactment - helium mislaid connected some occasions.

Most recently, Burnham was politician of Greater Manchester, a relation helium held from 2017 until past month.

He drew praise portion politician for his enactment to alteration the region's transport system, and gained a beardown estimation arsenic a dependable for the northbound of England.

Not galore planetary leaders person commented connected Burnham's assent to power.

US President Donald Trump has not said overmuch astir Burnham truthful far, but has said helium suspects that helium is "extremely liberal". The brace are connected other sides of the governmental spectrum.

Russia said it did not expect a alteration successful its mediocre relations with the UK with Burnham successful charge.

British enactment for Ukraine, and Russian hostility towards the UK, person been the cardinal aspects of caller past betwixt the 2 countries.

In Ukraine, determination is immoderate interest astir the hazard of governmental instability successful Britain. Starmer has said the UK's enactment "will not waver" erstwhile the caller premier curate takes charge.

In the lone interrogation a French authoritative has fixed connected Burnham, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot wished him good and hoped for "as overmuch stableness arsenic possible" successful the UK.