London, July 17 (IANS) Britain’s Labour Party announced Friday that Andy Burnham has been confirmed as its leader.Burnham, former Mayor of Greater Manchester, is expected to be appointed prime minister on Monday after Keir Starmer formally steps down, in accordance with established procedure.Speaking at the Trades Union Congress headquarters in central London, British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who also chairs Labour’s National Executive Committee, said Burnham had received nominations from…
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London, June 22 (IANS) Keir Starmer on Monday announced that he is stepping down as the British Prime Minister and leader of the governing Labour Party. Making a statement outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer said that he will however remain in post as Prime Minister until a new Labour leader is chosen in the coming weeks.”The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election. I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, an…
London, June 21 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to resign on Monday and is reportedly preparing to present a timetable for an orderly departure from Downing Street, British media reports said.Starmer, who has long insisted he would fight any challenge to his leadership, now recognises his position is untenable after speaking with his government ministers, party funders, and trade union leaders over the past two days, the Observer reported.Starmer “has come up hard against the r…
London, May 15 (IANS) Josh Simons, a British Labour member of parliament (MP), resigned so that Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham could replace him in his constituency through a by-election.This would pave the way for Burnham’s return to the House of Commons. He is widely seen as a potential challenger to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership in the Labour Party, Xinhua news agency reported.In Simons’ resignation letter on social media, the Makerfield MP said the government fai…