CloseLive view of Downing Street as Starmer expected to announce resignationKeir Starmer has announced he will resign as Labour leader, setting out the timetable for his departure. The prime minister, who spent the weekend discussing his political future with his family at Chequers, unveiled his resignation plan in an address outside Number 10 this morning following growing pressure to quit.He is stepping down from the role two years after he won a landslide victory in 2024’s general election. It comes as Mr Burnham returns to parliament following his victory in Thursday’s Makerfield by-election, having secured a decisive majority over Reform. Sir Keir’s announcement follows a weekend of growing discontent from Labour MPs, with foreign secretary Yvette Cooper understood to become the most senior minister to call on him to step down.Education minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said this morning she would be willing to serve under Mr Burnham, but urged her party to be “careful about how we take care of the Labour governments.”Starmer announces resignation as Labour leaderSir Keir has announced he will resign as Labour leader.Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:35'Our reputation in the world restored'Starmer is discussing the road to Labour’s victory in 2024 and its achievements in government. “Our reputation in the world restored”, he says. Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:33Starmer walks out to applauseSir Keir Starmer has walked out onto Downing Street hand in hand with his wife Victoria, to loud applause and cheers from the cabinet ministers and staff lined up on the street.The sound of Brexit protester Steve Bray is blasting out onto the street as the PM attempts to deliver his somber statement. (Reuters)Millie Cooke22 June 2026 09:30David Lammy and other staff out on Downing StreetDeputy prime minister David Lammy and other staff have come out on Downing Street to listen to an imminent speech by Sir Keir Starmer.Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:30David Lammy and other staff out on Downing StreetDeputy prime minister David Lammy and other staff have come out on Downing Street to listen to an imminent speech by Sir Keir Starmer.Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:30Frantic preparations for Starmer resignation unfolding on Downing StreetThere are frantic preparations undergoing on Downing Street for Sir Keir Starmer to make his resignation address.The journalists gathered in the press pen are rushing around making sure they are all set up to capture the expected moment. Sound and lighting tests are taking place across the street.And No 10 staff are storming up and down the street shepherding people behind a set of barriers which separate the media from the street.Members of staff bring the lectern outside 10 Downing Street (AFP/Getty)Millie Cooke22 June 2026 09:23Downing Street preparing for Starmer’s resignationDowning Street appears to be preparing for Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation, with no 10 staff asking all the media gathered on the street to move behind the barriers. Sound equipment has also arrived on the street, as the media waits expectantly for the podium to be put into position in front of the door. Millie Cooke22 June 2026 09:13I’ve known Andy Burnham for years – here’s everything Westminster gets wrong about himHe’s eager to be liked, and can be charmingly modest – but if the self-styled King of the North is now to be a successful prime minister, he must learn not to dread taking difficult decisions, says Andrew Grice. Read below.Andrew Grice22 June 2026 09:10Sound equipment being set up outside Downing StreetSpeakers and sound equipment are being set up outside Number 10 Downing Street.Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:09If things are not working, you must change tactics and personnel, says Labour MPBrian Leishman – who represents the Alloa and Grangemouth seat at Westminster and has been a regular critic of Sir Keir Starmer’s Government – said that for Labour, “the bottom line is, it’s just not been good enough” since taking over after the 2024 election.The MP spoke to BBC Radio Scotland on Monday, as the prime minister appeared to be on the brink of resignation.“The first two years have been overshadowed by a catalogue of misjudgements, political missteps, a kind of smattering of scandal as well that’s lingered around Keir Starmer’s premiership.“It’s just not good enough.“After 14 years of austerity that has crippled and immiserated communities the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, people voted for change and people are not seeing that change or feeling that change quickly enough.”Dan Haygarth22 June 2026 09:07