REPORT: British PM Keir Starmer Expected to Resign on Monday

It looks like British Prime Minister Keir Starmer may be on his way out!

According to reports, Starmer is calling it quits.

He could announced his resignation as soon as Monday.

Here’s what’s being reported:

🚨 Keir Starmer will reportedly resign on Monday.

Great Britain has had enough of weak leadership.

Good riddance. pic.twitter.com/wavGFuyJtx

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 20, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is officially set to resign as Prime Minister

Several media reports say he'll outline a resignation timetable on Monday after consulting with his wife and family today

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) June 20, 2026

At this time, there has been no confirmation from the British government or Starmer himself that he is resigning.

But, it’s being reported that Starmer is discussing the matter with his wife and advisors before releasing an official statement.

From British news outlet The Observer:

Keir Starmer is preparing to set out a timetable for his departure from No 10 this week after Andy Burnham’s triumphant return to Westminster in the Makerfield byelection.

The prime minister is understood to have reached the conclusion that his position is no longer tenable after conversations in recent days with cabinet ministers, Downing Street advisers, trade union leaders, and party donors.

Although Starmer is spending the weekend talking his future over with his wife, Victoria, at Chequers before making a final decision, senior Labour figures believe a “clear statement” could come as early as Monday.

One Labour peer, who is close to the prime minister, insisted Starmer would not “walk away” from No 10 creating a vacuum but would “arrange a deliberate slow march in good order, as a matter of duty and dignity”. The friend said: “I think he sees the realities. Stopping ‘chaos’ (as he rightly put it) is now not possible by staying, so that only leaves one option. I think he has come to see it as the dutiful option to serve the country and the party.”

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Another Labour grandee said the prime minister now appeared “resigned” to stepping down. “He’s come up hard against the reality that the support isn’t there,” the source said. “The truth is everyone knows this is no longer a tenable proposition. There’s a sadness about it all, of course, but sometimes there’s just an inevitability in politics and as Boris Johnson said, ‘When the herd moves it moves’.”

A cabinet minister said Starmer was “calmly going through things” after a series of highly personal conversations with his closest allies over recent days. “He just wants to do what’s right for the country and, having spoken to the people he wants, he is now spending quality time with his most important adviser – Vic,” the minister said.

A government source who spoke to Reuters shot back at the reports going around that Starmer will be quitting:

However, a government source said Starmer remained focused on his job and pointed to previous statements he has made to that ​effect.

The British leader ​said on ⁠Friday he would fight any challenge to his position and urged Labour ​not to tear itself apart with ​infighting.

More ⁠than 100 elected lawmakers in his party – roughly a quarter of all Labour representatives in the House ⁠of ​Commons – have publicly said they ​want Starmer to quit or set out a timetable for ​his exit.

That said, Starmer has faced growing pressure to resign for quite some time now.

News of his expected resignation comes after his rival, Andy Burnham who is widely supported by Britain’s Labour party, won a seat in parliament on Friday.

This will allow him to formally challenge Starmer.

After Burnham’s win, Starmer promised not to “walk away.”

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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has said he "will stand" in any Labour leadership contest should one be triggered, adding he will not "walk away"https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3

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Newsweek provided additional context:

The reported decision follows a period of growing unease within Labour ranks, with some senior figures questioning whether Starmer could hold together the coalition of support that brought the party to power.

That pressure has been building for weeks. Last month, more than 80 of Starmer’s Labour colleagues called on him to leave after disastrous local election results that saw Labour lose more than 1,100 council seats across England, while Reform UK won more than 1,450.

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Starmer was blamed for the party’s slump in popularity amid economic problems and policy missteps, including the appointment of a close friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States. Starmer, who fired Peter Mandelson in September, never met Epstein and is not accused of any wrongdoing.

While The Observer’s report does not detail specific triggers, the suggestion that Cabinet ministers and union leaders were consulted points to broader institutional concerns rather than a single political event. That dynamic is often a key indicator in British politics that a leadership change is being seriously considered.

If Starmer does step down, attention will turn immediately to who might succeed him and how quickly a new leader could be installed.

One figure already drawing attention is 56-year-old Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor who recently returned to Parliament and is widely seen as a potential challenger. His rise has intensified speculation about a leadership contest, particularly after his by-election victory on Friday cleared a key hurdle to seeking the party’s top job.

“Everyone knows that politics isn’t working,” Burnham said during his victory speech. “Everyone can feel that the country isn’t where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.”