Wes Streeting backs Andy Burnham to become Labour leader and PM

Former health secretary decides not to run, making Burnham overwhelming favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as soon as JulyUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said he will back Andy Burnham to become the next Labour leader, making it highly likely that Burnham, the former Greater Manchester mayor, will replace Keir Starmer as prime minister in July.In a post on X, Burnham, who will be sworn in as an MP later on Monday after winning last week’s Makerfield byelection, said Starmer’s announcement on Monday that he would stand down as prime minister “marks the beginning of a transition and