India, July 22 -- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham finalised his top team within hours of taking charge at 10 Downing Street and promoted British Indian minister for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Kanishka Narayan to the Cabinet, and purging allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the Government.

Burnham, who was invited to form the Government by King Charles on Monday, set about unveiling the team of ministers who will join him around the Cabinet table soon after. Lisa Nandy is another Indian-origin minister who holds on to her department, with additional responsibilities as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Narayan said his elevation, as Minister for AI, falling jointly within the Cabinet Office and the Departm...