Pledging to 'rewire Britain', 'King of the North'

Andy Burnham, dubbed the 'King of the North', becomes Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade Monday, promising to "rewire" the nation to better focus on issues people care about, such as a cost-of-living crisis and poorly performing services.



After Keir Starmer makes his farewell speech outside his Number 10 Downing Street office and tenders his resignation formally to King Charles, Burnham, a former mayor of Greater Manchester, will also meet the monarch to become prime minister.



Then the hard work begins.



Burnham, 56, faces a long list of problems, from Britain's underperforming utilities to anaemic economic growth, and must first unveil his top team of ministers - already the subject of much debate in the governing Labour Party.