{"id":22343,"date":"2026-06-25T07:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/uk-finance-minister-reeves-throws-support-behind-burnham-to-succeed-starmer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T07:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:19:29","slug":"uk-finance-minister-reeves-throws-support-behind-burnham-to-succeed-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/uk-finance-minister-reeves-throws-support-behind-burnham-to-succeed-starmer\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Finance Minister Reeves throws support behind Burnham to succeed Starmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON, June 25 — British finance minister Rachel Reeves said today she was backing Andy Burnham to be the next prime minister, brushing off reports she could lose her role and be moved to a more junior post if he took over the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

“I’m supporting Andy to be prime minister,” she told the BBC, after Burnham emerged as the only declared candidate to replace Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation on Monday.<\/p>\n

Starmer said he would oversee an orderly transition after bowing to pressure over weak poll ratings and poor local election results, triggering a leadership contest set to begin on July 9.<\/p>\n

Reeves, a close ally of Starmer, said no one could doubt her commitment to the outgoing prime minister, adding that she had worked alongside him for six years.<\/p>\n

Burnham, who is the only candidate to have put his name forward, is widely expected to be installed without a challenge, meaning he could become prime minister by mid-July. If appointed, he would be Britain’s seventh leader in a decade.<\/p>\n

Asked about reports she could be demoted, Reeves said cabinet decisions would be a matter for Burnham.<\/p>\n

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“I’m not going to pre-empt the decisions that the new prime minister will make. I’m backing Andy. I think he’d be a great prime minister, but those are his decisions, not mine,” she said.<\/p>\n

She said she stood ready to provide targeted, temporary support on energy bills later this year.<\/p>\n

Reeves said the next leader should stick to her fiscal rules, including balancing day-to-day spending with tax revenues and reducing debt as a share of output.<\/p>\n

Burnham has previously signalled he would keep current borrowing rules in place.<\/p>\n

“I know that whoever is prime minister and chancellor in the future will inherit a stronger economy than the one I inherited two years ago,” she said. — Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LONDON, June 25 — British finance minister Rachel Reeves said today she was backing Andy Burnham to be the next prime minister, brushing off reports she could lose her role and be moved to a more junior post if he took over the Labour Party. “I’m supporting Andy to be prime minister,” she told the…<\/p>\n

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