# Andy Burnham faces first Commons test as UK's new prime minister

https://mins.news/en/video/41438

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-02 04:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ykx2JF-67o

> Andy Burnham has made his first appearance in the House of Commons as Britain’s new prime minister. After six weeks spent touring the country, visiting Ukraine and announcing policies that helped Labour regain a polling lead, he must now explain his government plans in greater detail while facing pressure from the opposition and disgruntled Keir Starmer loyalists.

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