Downing Street has issued a temporary GB-wide ban on the sale of disposable barbecue and brought in the military to help deal with wildfires as Andy Burnham urged people not to risk lives in “tinderbox” Britain this weekend. The prime minister spoke from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, where at l»»»

By Wade SheridanNew British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street in London on Monday. Burnham will be the country's seventh prime minister in 10 years. New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives his first speech to the country outside No. 10 Downing St»»»

LONDON, July 21, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced Tuesday the removal of value added tax (VAT) on UK domestic electricity bills from October, his first measure to ease the cost of living for millions of Britons. "We're taking immediate action to cut taxes on ener»»»

PoliticsUnited KingdomUK's new PM Andy Burnham cuts household electricity taxKieran Burke with ReutersThe UK's new leader moved to remove VAT from electricity bills from October 1. The move comes before Burnham chairs his first cabinet meeting later today. https://p.dw.com/p/5HSeOAndy Burnham is ex»»»

Newly elected prime minister Andy Burnham wants to move quickly to improve living standards following years of stagnation. (EPA Images pic) LONDON: The government of new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will cut taxes on electricity bills, Downing Street said in a statement on Tuesday, as he att»»»

Andy Burnham officially became the United Kingdom's prime minister on Monday. Outside No. 10 Downing Street in central London, China Daily spoke with members of the public about their expectations for the country's new leader. From the cost of living and immigration to Brexit and trust in Westminst»»»

0 Just days before becoming Britain’s prime minister, Andy Burnham revealed that his father, Roy, is unaware his son is on the brink of the country’s highest office, telling reporters his father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis has robbed the family of a moment they otherwise would have shared together. Bur»»»