Andy Burnham

Rule Changes

Backed the sanctions approach as UK leader

Britain announced Tuesday it will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and begin a comprehensive sanctions regime against settlement activity over the next six to nine months. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament that settler groups are conducting ethnic cleansing of Palestinians with the tacit backing of Israel's government.

Updated 3 days ago

Force in Play

Took office as PM on July 20 after winning Labour leadership unopposed on July 17

Keir Starmer resigned on June 22, 2026, after Labour lost more than 1,000 council seats in May. Andy Burnham ran unopposed to replace him, winning 379 of 403 Labour MPs' nominations—the highest share in modern party history. On July 20, he met King Charles III and became the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade.

Updated Jul 20