Following the by-election results on Friday, Starmer repeated his intention to stay in Downing Street and pledged to fight any contest for Labour leadership.
Downing Street on Monday morning told TIME that the Prime Minister's remarks from Friday still stand.
On BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Business Secretary Peter Kyle strayed from Starmer’s repeated vow to stay on and fight. Instead, he said the Prime Minister was taking time over the weekend to “try and reflect on the political challenges that he faces.”
Kyle acknowledged there was “political uncertainty” and lessons for Labour to learn.
Hours after the Business Secretary’s remarks, and as speculation mounted over Starmer’s political future, U.S. President Donald Trump said: “Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.”
Although the two once shared a strong alliance, the relationship between Trump and Starmer has become increasingly splintered amid the fallout of the Iran war.
International inputs aside, Starmer’s vulnerability in the party he led to victory in the July 2024 General Election has been brewing for months.
More recently, following Labour’s poor performance in the local elections in May, dozens of lawmakers have called for Starmer to resign and set out a timeline for his departure.
The top two defense officials in the U.K. resigned on June 11, accusing Starmer of failing to invest enough money into the country’s Defense Investment Plan (DIP).
Streeting is considered one of the top contenders that could replace Starmer, should the Prime Minister resign or be ousted.
Streeting has previously held back from launching a challenge, stating his intention to give former Manchester Mayor Burnham the chance to secure a route back to Westminster so that he too would be eligible to take part in any contest.
He referred to the moment as “a final chance to change” for the Labour Party and advocated for the building of “a new politics based on unity and hope.”
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