Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister after meeting King Charles

Britain's King Charles III on Monday appointed Andy Burnham as prime minister after outgoing Keir Starmer officially tendered his resignation, the palace said. 'Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King's offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister,' Buckingham Palace said in a statement, adding the king had asked him to form the next government. Burnham vowed to put forward a 10-year plan for Britain, saying the country needed to make politics work. 'Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again,' Burnham said just after being appointed by King Charles III to take over from Keir Starmer. He pledged to 'issue my first instruction to end rough sleeping in our country' once he starts work. On Friday, Burnham described his election to become Labour leader as 'the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years.' Burnham has appointed Ed Miliband as the new foreign minister, Burnham's office said on Monday, replacing Yvette Cooper. Shabana Mahmood was re-appointed as interior minister. On Sunday, Burnham scrapped plans for all employees to be required to hold a digital identity document, a scheme designed to tackle illegal migration but deemed a 'fiasco' by a cross-party committee of lawmakers. Labour lawmakers see him as one of the few politicians capable of tackling the threat from veteran Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage's populist, anti-immigration Reform UK -- something they doubted the unpopular Starmer could do.