Andy Burnham, the newly installed UK prime minister, faces an immediate Brexit policy agenda that threatens to deepen the country’s decade-long economic and political malaise, as the country marks the tenth anniversary of the 2016 referendum this week.

Burnham, who succeeded Keir Starmer on Wednesday, inherits a nation still struggling with the consequences of leaving the European Union, with trade barriers, labour shortages and strained public finances dominating his in-tray. Political analysts warn that resolving the post-Brexit settlement will require difficult choices on regulatory alignment, customs checks and financial services access—issues that have eluded successive governments since the 2016 vote.

The new prime minister is already under pressure to avoid tax increases for middle earners, a pledge that risks limiting his fiscal room for manoeuvre as he seeks to address the economic fallout from Brexit. Speaking to the *Financial Times*, Burnham sought to reassure voters that no “big rises” would be imposed if he wins the next election, a stance that has drawn criticism from unions including Unite and the GMB, which are reportedly coordinating to block former chancellor Ed Miliband from taking the Treasury post.

Across the Atlantic, US President Donald Trump dismissed Burnham as “extremely liberal” in remarks made on Wednesday, adding that he knew little about the incoming leader beyond that characterisation. Trump’s comments, made during a press briefing, underscored the transatlantic uncertainty surrounding Burnham’s premiership, which begins as the UK grapples with its most profound constitutional and economic realignment in generations.

Ten years after the Brexit vote, communities across the UK remain deeply divided. Romanian families in Britain, for instance, describe a decade of fractured lives and the emergence of a “generation of apatrid children” born into legal limbo, their futures shaped by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU single market and freedom of movement.

Burnham’s arrival at 10 Downing Street coincides with a broader reckoning over the UK’s post-Brexit trajectory. With seven prime ministers in ten years—each unable to complete a full term—the country’s political system has been described as a “meat grinder” by commentators, its traditional stability eroded by the centrifugal forces unleashed by the 2016 referendum.

As Burnham prepares to deliver his first major policy address, the question remains whether his government can break the cycle of drift that has characterised Britain’s post-Brexit journey—or whether the country’s political and economic challenges will continue to deepen.

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