After decades of chaos, UK’s ruling Labour party gambles on Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham starts his new job on Monday, Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade of government chaos since citizens voted to leave the European Union.

In those 10 years, British leaders have struggled to articulate a clear direction while failing to energise a low-growth economy that is hamstrung by high debts and a growing welfare bill at a time of rising threats around the globe....