British PM expected to resign soon

Prime Minister Burnham only promises more chaos

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a career-defining decision: step down or fight a possible challenge from Labour Party rival Andy Burnham.

Sir Keir Starmer is weighing up whether he can stay on as prime minister with a growing expectation amongst allies that he could announce a timetable for departure on Monday.

That relative calm was partly because a Burnham win was already priced in; and because he took out the insurance policy of loudly promising to stick by Reeves’s budget rules.