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Starmer Quits, Sets Out Plan for New UK PM by September
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4:16Now PlayingKeir Starmer said he would step down as Britain’s prime minister after suffering a precipitous fall from favor, paving the way for Andy Burnham to succeed him. On Monday, Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, said on X that he would “put himself forward.”
Starmer announced on Monday morning that he would step down first as Labour leader, with nominations for a successor opening July 9 and any contest wrapped up by the end of Parliament’s summer break on Sept. 1. He said he would remain in office until the process is done, and “ensure an orderly handover of power.”
For more, we speak with John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief for Bloomberg News.
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