London – New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left.

He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding separate calls with U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy before appointing his ministerial team.

Burnham, 56, pledged to re-industrialize Britain and decentralize power as well as end sleeping rough on the streets after he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to become the head of government following Starmer’s departure.