Starmer to resign as UK prime minister, Burnham emerges as frontrunner

Staff Reporter

BRITISH Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that he will resign as leader of the Labour Party and step down as prime minister once a successor is chosen, paving the way for Andy Burnham to emerge as the frontrunner to lead the government.

Starmer said he would remain in office until a new Labour leader is selected, ensuring what he described as an orderly transition of power. His resignation comes less than two years after he led Labour to a landslide election victory that ended years of Conservative rule.