New PM Burnham vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties – World News

Last week the data company GfK credited Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster politics for lifting UK consumer confidence at its fastest monthly pace for almost three years in June.

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Burnham’s predecessor Keir Starmer, who announced ‌he was stepping down last month, had a fraught relationship with Trump due to differences over the US-Israeli war on Iran, immigration, energy and tech regulation.

In an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, the new prime minister vowed to stand up to Trump and find the money to invest in defence