{"id":362969,"date":"2026-07-20T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/andy-burnham-becomes-pm-whos-in-his-cabinet\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:00:06","slug":"andy-burnham-becomes-pm-whos-in-his-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/andy-burnham-becomes-pm-whos-in-his-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham becomes PM &#8211; who\u2019s in his cabinet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UT5we79Q13M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Burnham becomes PM - who\u2019s in his cabinet?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UT5we79Q13M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Andy Burnham has officially become the UK\u2019s new prime minister, and he is promising the biggest changes in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer of power is complete, now it\u2019s about naming the team. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Many of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s highest profile ministers have gone, including Rachel Reeves and David Lammy. <\/p>\n<p>The new chancellor is John Healey, the former defence secretary who resigned last month. <\/p>\n<p>The foreign secretary is Ed Miliband, Shabana Mahmood remains home secretary, and Louise Haigh is minister for the cabinet office.<\/p>\n<p>We have learned that Burnham has spoken to US President Donald Trump as well.<\/p>\n<p>The new prime minister was bold and he intends to be a radical break. He will start tomorrow with help on the cost of living. He talked about tax reductions and social care free at the point of delivery and he is promising to \u201cend rough sleeping\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>How are the markets reacting to Burnham\u2019s early promises? And what will his plans for devolution mean for Scotland and Wales?<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n1:01 &#8211; Andy Burnham becomes prime minister<br \/>\n7:26 &#8211; Burnham&#8217;s first cabinet picks<br \/>\n9:11 &#8211; New cabinet signals \u2018merit\u2019 and \u2018capability\u2019<br \/>\n16:34 &#8211; What kind of economy is Burnham inheriting and what will he do with it?<br \/>\n19:07 &#8211; What did Burnham speak to Trump about?<br \/>\n21:19 &#8211; Burnham\u2019s record on homelessness in Manchester<br \/>\n24:34 &#8211; What people are saying about the new PM<br \/>\n27:57 &#8211; How will Burnham collaborate with Scottish leader John Swinney?<br \/>\n30:29 &#8211; Wales: What is the First Minister hoping for from new PM Burnham?<br \/>\n32:22 &#8211; Interview with Robert Jenrick MP<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Burnham has officially become the UK\u2019s new prime minister, and he is promising the biggest changes in 40 years. The transfer of power is complete, now it\u2019s about naming the team. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Many of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s highest profile ministers have gone, including Rachel Reeves and David [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-362969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andy Burnham becomes PM - who\u2019s in his cabinet? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Andy Burnham becomes PM - who\u2019s in his cabinet? for free, here on News ISC. 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