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Andy Burnham becomes PM

From our Political Editor Chris Mason

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  1. Andy Burnham is sat at a table which has three cardboard cups and one white mug on it. He is wearing glasses, a dark coloured jacket and top.

  2. Andy Burnham wearing a black top and jacket

  3. Andy Burnham wearing a black top and jacket

  4. Chris Mason

  5. Split screen image. Keir Starmer on the left, .Andy Burnham on the right, both while they're speaking in front of number 10.

  6. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel are greeted by staff as he walks into 10 Downing Street, London, for the first time as Prime Minister. Picture date: Monday July 20, 2026.

  7. Andy Burnham during speech outside Downing Street

  8. Woman with blonde hair and blue eyes in a black top with some roadworks behind her.

  9. Andy Burnham

  10. Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026

  11. Two men are shaking hands - one is wearing a blue dotted short, and the other is wearing a white shirt with a red and blue tie.

  12. Graphic showing David Lammy, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

  13. Keir Starmer and King Charles shake hands

  14. Starmer

  15. Keir Starmer smiling after giving final speech as Prime Minister on Downing street wiyth clapping crowd behind him

  16. Jeffrey Donaldson - in a navy jacket, white shirt and a green tie. He has dark rimmed glasses and grey hair. He is standing in front of a dark car and facing towards the left of the picture.

  17. Andy Burnham flanked by two police officers. There are crowds of people taking photos behind him. He is wearing glasses and a dark shirt.

  18. Lord James Timpson speaks in the House of Lords with red benches seen behind him.

  19. BBC's Azadeh Moshiri at protest site

  20. Henry Zeffman in front of Downing Street

  21. A woman in a pink outfit stands in front of a map of Oxfordshire.

  22. Close-up of Kemi Badenoch during sit-down interview

  23. The cattle ring at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd. Brown cows stand in the ring in a row, each managed by their handler in a white lab coat. Spectators stand at white fencing lining the ring.

  24. The top half is a woman in a black t-shirt wearing sunglasses and the bottom shows Burnham-on-Sea pier.