Starmer Expected to Resign Monday After Labour Loses 1,100 Council Seats
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Updated · Newsweek · Jun 21
Starmer Expected to Resign Monday After Labour Loses 1,100 Council Seats
3 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Jun 21
Summary
Monday could bring Keir Starmer’s resignation and an “orderly exit” timetable, with The Observer saying he now sees his position as untenable after consultations across Labour and government.
More than 80 Labour lawmakers had already urged him to quit after local elections in which Labour lost over 1,100 council seats across England while Reform UK won more than 1,450.
Those talks reportedly included Cabinet ministers, advisers, donors and trade union leaders, signaling concern had spread beyond a single faction and raising the chance of a rapid leadership transition.
Andy Burnham, 56, has emerged as a potential successor after returning to Parliament with a by-election win on Friday; Labour rules would usually require a formal contest, though an interim premier is possible.