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challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, should he become an MP. Speaking at his campaign launch on Friday, Burnham said a vote for him is a "vote to change Labour
step down as prime minister two years after historic election victory Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as prime minister after days of intense pressure from Labour MPs, including cabinet ministers, following
challenges Starmer. In an Ipsos poll published earlier this week, Burnham was chosen by 25 percent of British adults as the preferred prime minister, compared with 12 percent for Starmer. If he does succeed Starmer
Labour did not “shift decisively towards the working class”. “It is change or die. Now or never,” she said. For Starmer, though, there would be no change on his insistence early in the day that
challenge Starmer. Starmer is said to be weighing up setting out the next step in the government’s direction before the king’s speech next Wednesday. Over the coming days, MPs from across the party
step down as prime minister after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham”, The Guardian said. The BBC said “signs are growing” that Starmer could set out a plan to resign
step in and prevent a Streeting coronation, believing that Angela Rayner, Starmer’s former deputy, does not have the necessary support. MPs were weighing up their options a day after Labour’s disastrous election results
Starmer is playing out before us. But hang on a minute. As supporters of the prime minister like to point out, there has been no formal challenge to him yet, and he is making clear
Starmer. The now ex-health secretary is brutal in his assessment of Sir Keir's leadership of the Labour Party and the country [in his resignation letter.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8p7p83vdzo) But he stops short
Labour figures](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk), including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, to call for Starmer to step aside. A resignation would lead to the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade, a rapid rate of churn
step down as prime minister Photograph: James Manning/PA **Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer?** The Guardian columnist **Aditya Chakrabortty** on the [Labour leader’s predicament](https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/may/12/why-does-everyone-hate-keir-starmer-podcast) – and if he may be the last
step aside, it would be difficult for Burnham to fight a byelection and enter parliament in time for any leadership contest. With Labour on the brink of civil war, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer)
challenger – should be got in a room by the deputy leader of the Labour party, Lucy Powell, and the chair of the parliamentary Labour party, Jess Morden, to agree a process whereby Labour MPs choose
stepped away from Westminster politics in 2017. However, he announced his candidacy after sitting Labour MP for Makerfield, Josh Simons, resigned his seat to allow Burnham a chance to rejoin the Parliamentary party. - [**LIVE: Makerfield
challenge Keir Starmer to become prime minister. Burnham is that rare breed in British politics. He has been a member of parliament before, and few people who knew him then could have foreseen his transformation
step down over the weekend.** Weakened by collapsing poll numbers and a string of local election losses, one cabinet minister – who has not previously told the prime minister to go – said **Starmer’s departure
challenge.  In a post on X, Healey said Sir Keir was leading the country through "conflicts and looming global crises
Starmer would only survive the "devastating" election results if his government could "step up and deliver the scale of change the country craves". The Labour party won just 17 of the 129 available in last