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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T20:59:33.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nAllies of Sir Keir Starmer have said the Prime Minister is preparing to resign following Andy Burnham's by-election victory in Makerfield.\n\nA Labour MP loyal to the Prime Minister said he believed Sir Keir would announce his departure date as soon as Monday\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA senior ally told The Sun: \"I think there is just a 25 per cent chance [Sir Keir] fights on now.\"\n\nOne Labour frontbencher added: \"The PM just doesn’t have many friends left. It is about Keir Starmer. He is the problem. If Andy Burnham wasn’t challenging him someone else would be.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother senior figure told The Telegraph there had been \"quite a bit of movement\" among Cabinet ministers since the by-election result.\n\n**_More to follow..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Keir Starmer ready to resign as PM 'runs out of friends' after Andy Burnham victory, allies claim"
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