‘I go with good grace and a smile on my face’: Starmer says, making way for Burnham as U.K. PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed in his resignation to Britain’s monarch, King Charles III, to make way for his successor, former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who was elected party leader without contest on Friday (July 17, 2026) and became Britain’s seventh Prime Minister in just over a decade. Editorial | Downing streak: On the Starmer…