Britain’s King Charles will tell the public for the first time on Thursday how much tax he pays as monarch, a royal spokesperson said on Sunday, as Buckingham Palace seeks to be more accountable and transparent.
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British business minister Peter Kyle said Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reflecting on the “political realities” after party rival Andy Burnham was elected to parliament, setting up a potential leadership challenge.
Nine people remain in a critical condition following a train crash on Friday near Bedford, about 60 miles (100 km) north of London, in which the driver of one of the services was killed.
Britain’s Observer newspaper said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source said Starmer remained focused on getting on with the job of governing.
The Conservative Party won a local election in the oil town of Aberdeen on Friday, the first time the Scottish branch of the party has won a so-called by-election contest for a Westminster parliamentary seat for the first time in 50 years.
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, won a parliamentary seat on Friday, a vital step towards fulfilling his ambition to replace his party colleague Keir Starmer as Labour leader and Britain’s prime minister.
Burnham hopes to ride a level of popularity rarely enjoyed by politicians to become prime minister.
Andy Burnham’s return to parliament has made the Greater Manchester mayor the frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister, and with him comes “Manchesterism”, his vision for Britain.
Labour mayor Andy Burnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after winning a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday in what could be most consequential local election in more than six decades.
Britain’s former health minister, Wes Streeting, said he would be prepared to trigger a Labour leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister as soon as next week, urging a speedy end to the “uncertainty and paralysis”.