{"id":22333,"date":"2026-06-25T01:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/andy-burnham-inches-closer-to-power-in-britain-as-keir-starmer-seeks-a-legacy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T01:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:09:49","slug":"andy-burnham-inches-closer-to-power-in-britain-as-keir-starmer-seeks-a-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/andy-burnham-inches-closer-to-power-in-britain-as-keir-starmer-seeks-a-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham inches closer to power in Britain as Keir Starmer seeks a legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON — Andy Burnham took a step closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest on Wednesday (June 24) when Cabinet minister Darren Jones, touted as a possible rival, said he would not run.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Keir Starmer, seeking to secure a legacy before he leaves office, faces the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament before flying to Berlin to meet European allies for talks on Ukraine and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Starmer announced his plan to resign on Monday and will be out of office within weeks once the governing Labour Party picks a new leader.<\/p>\n

Jones, a Starmer ally, had been encouraged to run so that Burnham faces a test of his ideas and policies in front of Labour lawmakers and members. Others argue that a leadership contest will only focus attention on the party’s internal divisions and extend a period of political uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Jones told Sky News that running for the leadership is “not something that I’m going to do”.<\/p>\n

But he cautioned Burnham against veering too far to the left in economic policy, a concern of some in the business and financial worlds. Burnham is expected to choose a new Treasury chief to replace Starmer appointee Rachel Reeves. <\/p>\n

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Jones said it must be someone “that can reassure the markets, reassure the trade unions and reassure the parliamentary Labour Party, and by extension the public”.<\/p>\n

Burnham is expected to make a speech next week outlining some of his economic plans.<\/p>\n

Starmer is leaving after two years in office marred by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.<\/p>\n

Burnham, a former Cabinet minister who served since 2017 as mayor of Greater Manchester, won a special election last week for a seat in Parliament with the express aim of challenging Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party and the country.<\/p>\n

So far, he faces no challengers. Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who was considered his main rival, says he will back Burnham.<\/p>\n

Nominations for the Labour leadership will open on July 9 and close a week later. <\/p>\n

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If Burnham is the only contender, he could be prime minister by July 17. If there is a contest, the winner should be in place by the time Parliament returns from its summer break on Sept 1.<\/p>\n

Starmer told the weekly meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he will try to oversee an “orderly transition” to his successor.<\/p>\n

He is also keeping up a busy schedule, trying to cement a legacy for his shortened term in office. However, he is not allowed to make new major policy announcements or spending commitments during what remains of his premiership.<\/p>\n

Starmer’s trip to Berlin for a meeting of the E5 — Germany, France, Italy, Poland and the UK — for talks on European defence, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East, underscores the role he has played on the world stage. <\/p>\n

He has appeared more sure-footed in working with allies to support Kyiv and deal with fallout from the Iran war than he has on the home front.<\/p>\n

The British government is expected to publish a long-awaited defence investment plan — which sparked the resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey on June 11 — before a Nato summit in Turkey on July 7 and 8 that Starmer is likely to attend.<\/p>\n

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LONDON — Andy Burnham took a step closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest on Wednesday (June 24) when Cabinet minister Darren Jones, touted as a possible rival, said he would not run. Meanwhile Keir Starmer, seeking to secure a legacy before he leaves office, faces the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session…<\/p>\n

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