Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister; Andy Burnham expected to be next U.K. leader

The announcement clears the path to power for Burnham, the popular Greater Manchester mayor.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will resign, paving the way for the country’s seventh leader in a decade after facing an uprising within his center-left Labour Party.

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Starmer’s likely successor is Andy Burnham, the popular ex-mayor of Greater Manchester who secured a return to Parliament last week.

Burnham confirmed Monday, shortly after Starmer said he would stand aside, that he would seek to replace the departing leader. He is the runaway favorite.