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This wording is inaccurate because the UK does not directly elect prime ministers, and Andy Burnham's accession in July 2026 followed a Labour leadership change, not a new UK-wide general election.

Official GOV.UK biographical material says Burnham "became Prime Minister on 20 July 2026" and that he "was elected Leader of the Labour Party on 16 July 2026." That sequence shows he first became party leader and then prime minister. UK Parliament's explainer on government roles states that the leader of the party that wins the most seats in a general election is appointed Prime Minister by the King. Contemporary reporting on Burnham's succession likewise says he replaced Keir Starmer as Labour leader and then took office as prime minister.

So while Burnham really did become prime minister, saying "The UK just elected a new prime minister" is misleading: the relevant event was a party leadership change followed by appointment, not a fresh national election for that office.

This phrase misidentifies both the name and the mode of the project.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's official project site calls it the "Interborough Express (IBX)". The same official materials describe it as a "proposed light rail line" connecting Brooklyn and Queens. On the MTA's project overview page, the agency also explains "Why light rail?" and says light rail was selected for the project because it offered the best balance of performance, value, and flexibility.

So the article's label "Inter-Borough Expressway (IBX) subway expansion" is inaccurate in two ways: it uses the wrong project name and incorrectly describes the IBX as a subway expansion rather than a light-rail project.