Keir Starmer has confirmed he will resign as Britain’s prime minister and leader of the Labour party. Starmer said he accepted with ‘good grace’ that he was not the best person to lead Labour into the next election. It comes as Andy Burnham, likely frontrunner for the post, makes his return to parliament
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