If Starmer leaves office this year, Britain will get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

If Starmer leaves office this year, Britain will get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

After winning the Makerfield byelection, Burnham is due to be sworn in as the Greater Manchester constituency’s MP and is expected to press Starmer to set out plans to stand down.

Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer could set out plans to step down as soon as today, UK media has reported, the same day his likely successor is expected to be sworn in as an MP.