- Safiu Kehinde
The United Kingdom’s Labour Party leader, Andy Burnham, has formally emerged as the new British Prime Minister as he delivered his first speech at No.10 Downing Street.
NPO earlier Reported Burnham’s imminent emergence as the new PM following the resignation of Keir Starmer.
According to the BBC, the new Prime Minister, in his address, said more council homes will be built as the “fair and sustainable way” to bring the welfare bill down.
He mentions helping people to live well, and says: “I will issue my first instruction to end rough sleeping in our country.”
Burnham says he will also start laying out plans to give people more “breathing space” on the cost of living, starting from tomorrow.
The new prime minister Pledged that more young people will be helped into work by changing the education system and more support including mental health support will be available.
Burnham says he will focus on “putting the right values and right standards at the heart of government”.
“The care of people will be at the heart of everything I will do”, he continues, as he says “I will give this my all” to “build a new national sense of unity”.
He urged the public and his supporters to stand by him, saying this is the moment “when Britain starts to believe again – the moment we bring back hope”.
The prime minister ended his speech and is met with applause from the crowd. He then shares a kiss with his wife and waves for the cameras before entering the famous black door of No 10.