Expectations are growing that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce his resignation and a plan to hand over to his successor as soon as Monday morning.
The prime minister has spent the weekend weighing up his political future as pressure grows on him to stand down.
The threat to Starmer, which has been building for months, increased sharply on Friday when Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, decisively won a parliamentary election to return to Westminster, beating a candidate from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party which has led national opinion polls for more than a year.
While a leadership contest is possible, a “coronation” for Andy Burnham looks increasingly likely
Burnham is due to be sworn in as an MP in Westminster this afternoon after victory in the Makerfield by-election last week
That win cleared a path for him to challenge for the Labour leadership
