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

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will quit, clearing Andy Burnham’s path to succeed him as leader of the Labour Party and U.K.

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.