Keir Starmer Has Officially Quit As Labour Leader. What Happens Now?

Will there be a general election?

Political Correspondent

Keir Starmer officially resigned as leader of the Labour Party this morning while setting out a timetable for his departure as prime minister.

The PM gradually lost the support of his colleagues in the parliamentary Labour party over the last two years, following a series of unpopular policies, U-turns, and scandals engulfing some of his top team.

His premiership has come under particular pressure after his main rival, popular Labour politician Andy Burnham, won the Makerfield by-election last week.

Burnham was expected to challenge Starmer’s premiership in the coming days if he did not go of his own accord.

Starmer’s decision to voluntarily step down means Britain is on the way to its seventh prime minister in a decade.

But plenty of questions remain over just what happens next. Here’s what we know.

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