Starmer expected announce departure on Monday as growing numbers of MPs back Burnham for PM – UK politics live

Business secretary says PM spending the weekend ‘making time to reflect on the political realities’ he faces •Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday

The foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has told Keir Starmer he should stand down as prime minister, Sky News is reporting. Ed Miliband, the climate change secretary, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, have all also urged the prime minister to lay out a timetable for his departure from No 10, according to other news reports.Continue reading...