Is U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Set to Resign? Pressure Mounts After Burnham’s Victory Revives Calls for Change

“The reality right now is that there is process under way, there are people who seek to challenge Keir,” added Kyle, who said he had shared a conversation with Starmer on Friday but declined to disclose what was discussed.

Hours after the Business Secretary’s remarks, U.S. President Donald Trump said: “Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.”

He argued the British leader had “failed badly on two very important subjects—immigration and energy,” doubling down on his long-argued stance that the U.K. should expand its drilling in the North Sea.

Although the two once shared a strong alliance, the relationship between Trump and Starmer has become increasingly splintered amid the fallout of the Iran war.

International inputs aside, Starmer’s vulnerability in the party he led to victory in the July 2024 General Election has been brewing for months.