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Will Keir Starmer resign on Monday?
Andy Burnham’s big win in the Makerfield by-election has brought Keir Starmer to the brink, and there is now an expectation that the Prime Minister will announce his departure on Monday. On Sky News this morning, Business Secretary Peter Kyle said that the Prime Minister had been ‘calm’ and ‘thoughtful’ in a conversation on Friday, and had only asked about the country, rather than ‘self-interest’.
Trevor Phillips asked if the prime minister thought it was in the interest of the country for him to stand down. Kyle said Starmer was ‘making time to reflect on the political realities… that he finds himself in’. Phillips noted that over 100 Labour MPs have called on Starmer to leave and asked Kyle for his personal opinion. Kyle said he was focused on upholding the ‘authority’ of the government, and claimed that the country’s growth figures show that Labour are delivering.
Foreign Secretary tells Starmer to stand down
