UK's Starmer mulling 'political realities': senior minister (opens in new tab)

It follows veteran Labour politician and rival Andy Burnham's victory in a crunch by-election on Friday, which paves the way for the 56-year-old to challenge the beleaguered Starmer to be party leader and prime minister. Any Labour leadership candidate must be a member of parliament. If Starmer does leave office this year, Britain will get its seventh prime minister in a decade -- an unprecedented rate of churn in its modern history. Burnham -- Greater Manchester mayor since 2017 -- has made ...