Ministers of the UK government loyal to Prime Minister Keir Starmer have told him that he will be forced to resign if he does not set a timetable for his resignation by the end of this week. This is reported by UNN with reference to The Guardian.
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According to the publication, Andy Burnham, who last night won a convincing majority in the by-election in the Makerfield constituency, will travel to London on Monday to meet with MPs, hoping to become prime minister within a few weeks.
The prime minister cannot again resort to the same tactic of refusing to discuss his future with his own cabinet. He has a choice: either allow his cabinet and ministers to openly support his rivals, or risk finding himself in the same situation as Boris Johnson, when three education ministers changed in three days
However, some of Starmer's closest associates said that, despite the dynamics of the situation surrounding Burnham, it is Starmer who has the greatest freedom of action, as Burnham tries to avoid an internally damaging step - launching a leadership challenge, the publication says.
Two influential figures of the Labour Party, David Blunkett and Harriet Harman, also said that a timetable for electing a new leader should be drawn up.
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