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Carol Vorderman has backed Andy Burnham for Prime Minister after Keir Starmer stepped down.

Keir Starmer has announced his departure from Downing Street in an emotional statement after spending the weekend weighing up his future with his wife Victoria.

US president Donald Trump has once again shared his thoughts on politics taking place on the other side of the pond, as he’s claimed UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will resign, citing two “very important subjects” on which he believes the Labour leader has “failed badly”.

The debate over Starmer’s position continues, with rumours that the Prime Minister faces a deadline of Tuesday morning’s cabinet meeting to set a timetable for his departure.

"We promised people we weren’t going to do this." There is exasperation in the voice of a long time Labour adviser. But as every hour passes, it is more likely the UK will soon have its seventh prime minister in 10 years.

Waving his mic like a maraca, DJ for the night Andy Burnham joked to his audience: “This goes out to all the politicians in the room.”

Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him he faces being forced out of office by his party if he does not set a timetable for his departure by the end of the weekend.

For the third time in a row Reform sought to stoke division and violence on Britain’s streets and have been roundly rejected by voters as a result, reports Adam Bienkov.

Victory for Labour. A heavy and wounding defeat for Nigel Farage and Reform UK. Triumph for Andy Burnham. Complete and utter ruin for Keir Starmer.

Having been on Reform UK’s target list as a winnable seat, Andy Burnham’s new constituency is a microcosm of Brexit Britain and the failed legacies of Thatcher and Blair.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday he would not walk away, vowing to fight any challenge from his leading party rival Andy Burnham and potentially ushering in a new bout of political instability.

Andy Burnham has won the crunch Makerfield by-election, setting him on course to challenge Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

Polls have opened in Makerfield, where voters are set to take part in what could be one of the most consequential by-elections in British political history.

Andy Burnham plans to give Sir Keir Starmer one final chance to ’do the decent thing’ and resign before orchestrating a putsch to remove him from Downing Street.

A bomb has gone off under Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Nigel Farage is engaged in a dispute with Rupert Lowe and Elon Musk over accusations of vote-splitting that could cause Reform UK to lose the Makerfield byelection.

Nigel Farage has been asked to apologize after the Reform UK leader entered a Makerfield community cafe unannounced with his team and "intimidated" workers.