Built environment sector ‘looking for confidence’ as Starmer resignation clears way for fifth PM in four years

By Daniel Gayne2026-06-22T11:35:00

Andy Burnham widely expected to get top job after rivals step aside

Keir Starmer has announced that he will resign as prime minister, with new Makerfield MP Andy Burnham widely expected to succeed him.

In a tearful address outside Downing Street this morning, the prime minister said he had “heard the answer of my parliamentary party” on the question of whether he was the right person to lead Labour into the next general election.

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