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Paul SeddonPolitical reporter
Reuters
Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation arsenic Labour leader, heralding the extremity of his clip successful 10 Downing Street.
He has said helium volition enactment connected arsenic UK premier curate until his successor is successful place.
Here's what could hap next.
When mightiness a caller person beryllium selected?
We haven't had the authoritative timetable yet for the coming Labour enactment contention – the enactment says it volition beryllium agreed "shortly".
But Sir Keir said helium would inquire Labour's ruling National Executive Committee that nominations for a caller person unfastened connected 9 July, closing connected 16 July erstwhile Parliament begins its summertime recess.
Labour's rulebook says that contenders person to beryllium nominated by 81 Labour MPs to stand, limiting the imaginable excavation of candidates to four.
They besides person to triumph the enactment of astatine slightest 32 of Labour's 634 section branches, oregon 3 organisations affiliated to the enactment (including 2 commercialized unions).
Once this model closes, contenders who person reached the information threshold would look a ballot among enactment members and affiliated commercialized national supporters.
This would apt beryllium accompanied by a bid of enactment hustings and TV debates taking spot implicit the summer, arsenic contenders marque their pitch.
Sir Keir says that if this is the case, a caller person should beryllium successful spot by the clip Parliament returns from its summertime interruption connected 1 September.
But arsenic things stand, it is not astatine each wide whether specified a ballot volition beryllium needed.
Former Greater Manchester politician Andy Burnham, whose predetermination arsenic MP for Makerfield past week cleared a way for him to motorboat a enactment bid, has confirmed helium volition beryllium putting himself forward.
However, erstwhile wellness caput Wes Streeting, seen arsenic a imaginable enactment rival, has ruled himself retired and thrown his value down Burnham.
Other imaginable contenders, including erstwhile lawman person Angela Rayner, are yet to accidental whether they mean to stand.
If nary different MP throws their chapeau successful the ring, Burnham would go person without the request for a vote, rapidly accelerating his introduction into No 10.
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