00:00UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will not set out a timetable for his departure, according to his deputy, David Lammy.
00:07Lammy, who is one of Starmer's closest cabinet allies, also urged the Labour Party to stop repeated leadership speculation, which
00:15will end up hurting the party.
00:17The heavy losses for Labour in the May 7 elections triggered almost a quarter of his lawmakers to call for
00:24Starmer to go,
00:25unsettling investors who have pushed up the government's borrowing costs.
00:29Lawmaker Wes Streeting, who quit as health minister last week, said on Saturday that he would stand in any formal
00:36leadership contest.
00:37Meanwhile, another name that has propped up, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is also seeking a seat in Parliament that
00:44would allow him to make a challenge too.
00:46Starmer has repeatedly said that he intends to fight any leadership challenge.
00:50A contest would begin if one lawmaker submits 81 nominations to the party, equivalent to 20% of the elected
00:57Labour Party members of Parliament.
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