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What to know about Andy Burnham, the frontrunner for U.K. prime minister

NPR | By Lauren Frayer

Published June 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM CDT

Born in Liverpool, Burnham went to Cambridge and Westminster. But Manchester made him famous. As mayor, he brought growth to the post-industrial city. Can he scale that nationally as the next U.K. PM?

Lauren Frayer

Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

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