{"id":573,"date":"2026-06-21T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:06:29","slug":"keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-his-resignation-as-uk-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer Expected to Announce His Resignation as UK Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=571\">Meteorologists Warn That This Could Be the Strongest El Ni\u00f1o This Century<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce as soon as Monday that he will resign, according to new reports, as Labour supporters abandon the party.<\/p>\n<p>But many on the left remain skeptical that his likely replacement, Andy Burnham, will truly bring the \u201cchange\u201d he promises.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s <em>Observer<\/em> newspaper reported on Saturday that the prime minister appeared \u201cresigned\u201d to stepping down, well aware that \u201csupport isn\u2019t there\u201d for his continued leadership amid the party\u2019s dismal unpopularity.<\/p>\n<p>Though Starmer swept away nearly a decade and a half of Conservative rule in 2024, his honeymoon has been short-lived. His embrace of austerity in the face of a cost-of-living crisis and his government\u2019s ferocious crackdowns on pro-Palestinian speech have left progressive supporters seeking alternatives like the ascendant Green Party.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his hard-right pivot on immigration has done little to siphon votes from Brexiteer Nigel Farage\u2019s far-right Reform UK party, which currently leads in national polls.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate trigger for Starmer\u2019s reported resignation was Burnham\u2019s victory in Thursday\u2019s Makerfield by-election, which marked the former mayor of Greater Manchester\u2019s return to Westminster. Burnham comfortably defeated a Reform UK candidate, and <em>The Guardian<\/em> reported that he was expected to have support from about 200 Labour MPs in a leadership challenge against Starmer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 WATCH: Andy Burnham outlines his vision for Britain during his Makerfield victory rally:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 End \u201ctrickle-down\u201d economics<br \/>\u2013 End the \u201cunfair\u201d immigration system<br \/>\u2013 Push reindustrialisation<br \/>\u2013 Public procurement to use British business <br \/>\u2013 Work placements for all 16\u201318-year-olds pic.twitter.com\/awSZvYgoaa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) June 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Burnham emphasized during a victory rally that it was \u201ca last chance to change\u201d Labour as it heads for electoral oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to what he said were requests from constituents to \u201cdo something to make life more affordable,\u201d Burnham called for an end to \u201ctrickle down economics,\u201d with government interventions to bring down utility bills and rail fares, public procurement of businesses, pushes for reindustrialization, and job guarantees for people ages 16 to 18.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Can the real Andy Burnham please stand up?<\/p>\n<p>After winning the Makerfield byelection, the race is on to take down Keir Starmer as prime minister. But what does the Labour party\u2019s most popular politician actually believe? @harriepw explains. pic.twitter.com\/iSJjjmepbN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Novara Media (@novaramedia) June 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=569\">ICE Halts Efforts to Open Several Immigration Jails<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But some leaders on the British left have warned that Burnham will do little to deviate from Starmer\u2019s failures.<\/p>\n<p>While he has pledged to reverse Starmer\u2019s welfare cuts and privatizations of public services, Burnham has also committed to maintaining the party\u2019s spending limits, which may make significant changes impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn, who led the Labour Party from 2015-20, said that while he personally likes Burnham, \u201chis basic economic strategy and views\u2026 seem to me to be accepting too much of the austerity that we\u2019ve had imposed upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ex-leader also said Burnham \u201cdoesn\u2019t appear to be doing anything different internationally,\u201d noting that he has not given a straight answer on whether Britain should conduct an inquiry into the UK government\u2019s policy on Gaza and its supply of weapons to Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jeremy Corbyn on Sky News today, talking about Andy Burnham: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t appear to be doing anything different internationally. I wrote to him to ask if he\u2019d support something as straightforward as an inquiry into government policy on Gaza and the supply of weapons.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/vIzXjeAkxl<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wokerati Marty (@WokeratiMarty) June 20, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Burnham has also drawn criticism for saying he would maintain Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who has spearheaded hard-line changes to UK asylum policies and has enforced the repressive ban on Palestine Action, which has led to the arrest of thousands of nonviolent protesters, many of whom have been charged with terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe architect of Labour\u2019s cruel plans on settled status and persecution of free speech and protest stays in place,\u201d said Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who said it was a sign of \u201cmore of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remarking on Burnham\u2019s team of economic advisers, who include former chief economists for the Bank of England and Goldman Sachs, Polanski said it \u201cisn\u2019t a team of advisers which looks like challenging wealth and power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=567\">Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz in Response to Israel\u2019s Attacks on Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But many on the left are skeptical that his likely replacement, Andy Burnham, will truly bring the change he promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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