'That is our challenge: to make politics work': Andy Burnham becomes UK PM

It is a moment that's known in the UK as kissing hands, for the transfer of power to a new Prime Minister, one granted by the King. And that is exactly what happened at Buckingham Palace for Andy Burnham. King Charles III asked the 56-year-old as the new Labour Party leader to form a government, thereby making Burnham Prime Minister. Just hours earlier, Monday's parliamentary handover of power began with Keir Starmer saying farewell in front of 10 Downing Street. My work is done. It has been the privilege of my life to serve you and this great country as Prime Minister. And I am confident that Britain is now stronger and fairer than it was two years ago. The 63-year-old Starmer then made the trip to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation. Then, with crowds lining the route, the incoming new leader arrived at the palace. It's then that Charles III made the traditional, largely symbolic request in the constitutional monarchy, for asking the Labour Party's new leader to form a government. For Burnham, there are many challenges ahead, as he noted in his first speech as Prime Minister. Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again. And that is our challenge, to make politics work. With Burnham now the seventh Prime Minister in a decade in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party hopes that the rapid turnover will slow its pace.