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Newly sworn-in British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to provide timely cost-of-living relief and signalled support for the AUKUS defence pact.
The former minister in the Blair and Brown governments promised to ‘do politics differently’ in an inaugural address without a lectern, after his predecessor Keir Starmer was forced to step aside.
John Healey, who held the defence portfolio in the Starmer government, is set to be appointed as treasurer, as the Burnham administration aims to tackle Britain’s economic woes.
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