Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister.
Burnham is due to be sworn in as Makerfield’s MP this afternoon, after winning Thursday’s by-election and increasing Labour’s share of the vote in the constituency by 9.61%.
The prime minister, who is reported to have spent the weekend mulling his political future, is said to have been told by members of his Cabinet, including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, that he should set out a timetable for his departure.
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