A combination picture shows Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on July 20, 2026, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 5, 2024, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 25, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss on September 6, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on July 24, 2019, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May on July 13, 2016 and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on May 11, 2010, as they speak in front of Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain - (Reuters)
The UK is now on its eighth chancellor, ninth foreign secretary and 10th education secretary in a decade. That’s on top of the sixth new prime minister.
The turnover since 2016 has been driven by the increasing scale and frequency of reshuffles carried out by successive premiers, with sweeping changes happening almost annually.
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