Andy Burnham is set to become the United Kingdom’s next prime minister on Monday, replacing Keir Starmer, according to reporting from Al Jazeera and the Guardian. The handover marks the latest in a series of leadership changes at the top of British politics.

The Guardian noted that this is the sixth time the UK has changed prime minister in just over a decade, dating back to Theresa May replacing David Cameron on 13 July 2016. In that sense, the outlet said, there is ‘nothing very new or surprising’ about another transition, even if the circumstances leading to it have been unusual.

According to the Guardian, past in-power leadership changes have typically involved parties choosing either someone popular with their own MPs but less liked by the public, or someone more popular with the public but less favoured by activists. In Burnham’s case, the outlet said, Labour has replaced a prime minister who had become ‘an electoral millstone’ with one of the most admired politicians in the country, and someone who – for now – has his party behind him.

The Guardian added that this unity may not last through the day, once Burnham names his cabinet. Reporting from the outlet indicated Burnham is expected to set out a ‘ten-year plan for the country’ during the week.

Before Burnham arrives and is formally appointed, Keir Starmer will give his final speech from Downing Street. The Guardian reported that Starmer posted a video on Instagram reflecting on his record, saying: ‘The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it? I’m proud that the answer is yes.’

On policy direction, one comment cited by the Guardian suggested Burnham’s approach represents ‘more a change of emphasis’ than a change of policy, describing a more pragmatic approach of working with industry over the long term. Al Jazeera said it would detail how the transition of power will unfold.