UK PM Burnham promises cost of living measures, new 10-year plan
Burnham said immediate cost-of-living measures will start tomorrow, and he backed the pledge with a £340 million housing package for rough sleepers.
- On Monday, July 20, 2026, Prime Minister Andy Burnham officially became Prime Minister after accepting King Charles III's invitation to form a government, pledging cost-of-living measures starting Tuesday.
- Minutes after entering Number 10, Burnham issued his first instruction to end rough sleeping nationally, backed by £340 million in new funding to support at least 3,000 long-term rough sleepers over five years.
- A 10-year plan for Britain will be unveiled later this year, Burnham announced, aiming to put "life's essentials back under stronger public control" while reindustrializing the nation through public procurement.
- Markets remained sensitive to the administration's ambitious spending plans, with the 10-year gilt yield hovering near 5.0% by close of Burnham's address amid concerns over fiscal sustainability.
- Burnham confirmed his first foreign policy calls would be to U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, characterizing his premiership as a "circuit-breaker for Britain" to restore stability.
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