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In a dramatic announcement Monday morning in Downing Street, Starmer said he would step down first as Labour leader, with nominations for a successor opening July 9 and any contest wrapped up by the end of Parliament\u2019s summer break on Sept. 1. He said he would remain in office until the process is done, and \u201censure an orderly handover of power\u201d to the winner.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe 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,\u201d Starmer said, adding that he accepted their verdict of him with \u201cgood grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Starmer\u2019s exit opens the door to Britain\u2019s fifth premier since 2022: a jarring milestone for a political system which once prized itself on its stability. Burnham is Starmer\u2019s most likely successor, not least because last week he roundly defeated Reform UK to win his parliamentary seat in Makerfield, near Manchester. Under Starmer Nigel Farage\u2019s populist outfit, which leads national polls of voter intention, had swept all council seats available in local elections on the same turf just six weeks earlier.<\/p>\n

Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who quit Starmer\u2019s cabinet in the wake of the council elections, has made clear his intention to stand in any leadership contest. But under Labour Party rules, contenders need to secure the nominations of a fifth of the Parliamentary Labour Party, and it\u2019s not clear he has the support of 81 Members of Parliament to force a contest against Burnham.<\/p>\n

In laying out a timetable for his departure, Starmer was responding to the demands of scores of his own backbenchers and also cabinet ministers including Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, who even before a damaging round of local elections last month had privately urged the premier to set out plans for an \u201corderly transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

While rumblings of discontent had long swirled around Starmer\u2019s leadership within Labour following a string of missteps, unpopular policy decisions and costly U-turns, the local elections in early May crystallized the rebellion. In the wake of that disastrous vote for Labour around a quarter of the party\u2019s 403 MPs called on the premier to go. It had lost almost 60% of the seats it was defending while Farage\u2019s Reform and the Green Party made big gains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A week after those elections, Josh Simons said he was stepping down as Makerfield\u2019s representative in order to pave the way for Greater Manchester Mayor Burnham to secure the Parliamentary seat he needed from which to challenge Starmer for the leadership. Having blocked Burnham from standing in a different special election earlier in the year, this time the premier was unable to prevent him from targeting the seat.<\/p>\n

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Before Starmer emerged from No. 10, Downing Street on Monday morning, staff lined up outside, alongside key allies of the premier including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones and Attorney General Richard Hermer. Then, as the prime minister began to speak, protesters on nearby Whitehall blared out the choral strains of Beethoven\u2019s\u00a0Ode to Joy<\/em>, the anthem of the European Union, which Britain voted to leave a decade ago.<\/p>\n

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Starmer began his intervention with a summary of his successes in turning around a Labour Party that six years ago, he said was \u201cpolitically, financially, and morally bankrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe hard work of change was with a singular purpose, not power for power\u2019s sake, but to change Britain for the better, to build a fairer country with dignity and respect,\u201d Starmer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He pointed to a strengthening economy, falling National Health Service waiting lists, improved workers\u2019 rights and half a million children lifted out of poverty as key successes, as well as Britain\u2019s support for Ukraine and the strengthening of ties with the EU some six years after Brexit was completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He offered his successor his \u201cfull and unequivocal support, knowing that they will inherit a Britain that is far stronger and fairer than the one I inherited two years ago, better prepared for the challenges ahead and better able to ensure the Labour Party secures a second term in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the premier\u2019s voice faltered as he thanked his family and said he would devote more time to them after resigning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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