Andy Burnham prepares for power as emotional Keir Starmer bows out
New Makerfield MP could get keys to No 10 unopposed after British prime minister’s resignation paves way for successor Who is Andy Burnham, the ‘man of the people’ likely to be next UK prime minister? Keir Starmer has finally bowed to intense pressure to stand down as British prime minister as he conceded that he was no longer the right man to lead the country, leaving Andy Burnham all but certain to succeed him. In an extraordinary day at Westminster, Starmer announced a timetable for his depa…

