Burnham ‘finalizing’ Cabinet picks ahead of appointment as UK prime minister

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Andy Burnham, newly appointed as the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, will be waltzing into 10 Downing Street on Monday after an unopposed campaign to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The former Manchester mayor has presented himself as Labour’s savior after many grim months of public polling showed his predecessor was suffering the lowest approval ratings of any British premier in history. He is now making his final decisions about whom to scoop up for his Cabinet ministers.

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