UK's Starmer advised to prepare for 'dignified, orderly exit'
UK Cabinet ministers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to prepare for a “dignified and orderly exit” from office.
Following Andy Burnham’s decisive victory in the Makerfield by-election, Starmer is facing mounting pressure to stand aside in favor of his most prominent Labour rival.
Senior cabinet members were expected to tell him on Friday that his time is up and to begin preparations for leaving Downing Street.
Multiple ministers reportedly plan to deliver the message in person, pushing for what they describe as a “dignified, orderly exit.”
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood are among those who have already made similar suggestions.
Around 100 Labour MPs are now calling for Starmer to step down.
Starmer has responded defiantly, insisting he will not “walk away” without a fight.
According to The Times, he plans to contact ministers and Labour MPs over the weekend in an effort to shore up support for his leadership.
Meanwhile, Andy Burnham secured a strong win in the Makerfield by-election, returning to Parliament after a 10-year absence.
He took 54.8% of the vote in the working-class Greater Manchester constituency, beating the Reform UK candidate by more than 9,000 votes and increasing Labour’s share by nearly 10 percentage points.
In his victory speech, Burnham described the result as offering “a final chance to change” and pledged to chart “a new path for Britain.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed the win reflected voters’ desire to remove Starmer from Downing Street.
Starmer’s unpopularity has been linked to perceived weakness on foreign policy, controversial domestic decisions such as scrapping winter fuel payments for many pensioners, and the fallout from appointing Peter Mandelson, a figure with past links to Jeffrey Epstein, as UK ambassador to the United States.
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