Gordon Brown became the new British Prime Minister Wednesday, bringing an end to Tony Blair's decade in power.
Brown, who has waited 10 years for his turn as Prime Minister, met the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon, when she formally offered him the role of Prime Minister.
On taking up his new office, Brown promised a fresh start after a decade marred largely by the Iraq war and growing voter distrust.
"This will be a new government with new priorities," Brown said in a statement to reporters outside the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, reports Reuters.
"I've heard the need for change ... and this need for change cannot be met by the old politics," he said. "And now let the work of change begin."
Blair tendered his resignation to the Queen earlier on Wednesday after receiving a standing ovation during his final Prime Minister's Question Time.
The Evangelical Alliance, which represents more than a million evangelicals in the UK, welcomed Prime Minister Brown to office with a challenge to "stand up for justice, family and freedom of conscience during his premiership".
An official statement made by the EA read: "The Alliance would like to congratulate Gordon Brown on his new office, and to welcome his openness about his Presbyterian background and how his church minister father's 'moral compass' has affected his outlook on life."
Dr R David Muir, the Evangelical Alliance's Public Policy Director, added: "Gordon Brown has said the values he grew up with will guide him in his leadership - including honesty, family and respect for others.
"I hope these values will be evident through the policies he adopts.
