Starmer expected to resign on Monday as growing numbers of MPs back Burnham for PM – UK politics live
The prime minister reportedly close to announcing when he’ll stand down and set out a timetable for departure from No 10 Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday When asked if he thinks it is in the country’s interest for Keir Starmer to go, Peter Kyle tellingly dodged the question and said it was imperative for the government to continue to function despite the political turbulence. He told Sky News: My priority when I think what my role is in putting the country
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03.56 EDTKeir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on MondayPeter WalkerThe Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker, has more on the prime minister’s intentions going forward:Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham to become Labour leader.The prime minister and his allies had insisted for weeks that they would fight a leadership challenge from Burnham, or anyone else, before the Makerfield byelection in which Burnham was hoping to secure a return to Westminster.But on Sunday morning, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, told Sky News that Starmer was spending the weekend “making time to reflect on the political realities” he…
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