Keir Starmer to stay on as MP but unlikely to want cabinet role

Keir Starmer will remain the MP for Holborn and St Pancras after standing down as prime minister, Downing Street has confirmed. Starmer’s spokesperson said he was not expecting to take a role in Andy Burnham’s cabinet if offered one, though some MPs have suggested Burnham could make Starmer foreign secretary. The spokesperson said Starmer would serve out the remainder of his term in the Commons and he was “going to remain” a Labour MP. Asked whether he would take a cabinet job if offered, the spokesperson said Starmer had told his cabinet: “This is the end of my journey, but...