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Keir Starmer Resigns as UK Prime Minister After Pressure From Labour MPs
Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday morning following a weekend of pressure from Labour MPs and cabinet ministers. Andy Burnham, fresh from a byelection win, is positioned to become the next prime minister by mid-July.
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Keir Starmer announced his resignation as UK prime minister on Monday morning after a weekend of pressure from Labour MPs and cabinet ministers. The Guardian reported that Starmer stood before staff and supporters on Downing Street just after 9:30 a.m. to confirm he had offered his resignation to King Charles.
He thanked his “beautiful children” and “fantastic wife Vic” during the speech. Hours later, Wes Streeting publicly supported Andy Burnham as the next Labour leader. Burnham won the Makerfield parliamentary byelection last week with an emphatic victory over Reform.
He was officially sworn in as the new MP for Makerfield and greeted by over 200 Labour MPs in Westminster Hall. Burnham is expected to be elected uncontested as Labour leader and become prime minister by mid-July. Starmer became prime minister after a landslide victory that swept Labour into power barely two years earlier.
Labour had suffered defeats to progressive nationalists in the Welsh Senedd and Scottish parliament, as well as losses to Reform across English councils, six weeks before the resignation. A reset summit with the EU is scheduled for 22 July.
