A week is a long time in politics - and it seems like an eternity since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister following a Labour landslide at the General Election in July 2024.
Since then Nigel Farage’s Reform Party has been in the ascendancy, leading the polls and welcoming a series of high profile Conservative defectors.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been weakened by a series of u-turns, including scrapping plans to increase income tax at the last budget.
And now there is talk of open rebellion among Labour MPs following the scandal linking former British Ambassador to the United States Lord Mandelson to financier sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
With the next mandatory General Election not scheduled until August 2029 (that’s the latest date that it can be called) there’s still plenty of time for everything to change.
But it seems that Keir Starmer’s chances of leading his party into another nationwide poll is getting slimmer by the day.
Here are the 10 current favourites to succeed him as next British Prime Minister - according to the bookies
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9. Kemi Badenoch - 22/1
Keir Starmer may be having a bad time of it, but Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch isn't exactly setting the heather on fire at the moment. It's unual for the Leader of the Opposition to be languishing in ninth spot when it comes to the odds on the next UK Prime Minister. She's a 22/1 outsider for the top job. | Getty Images
10. Darren Jones - 25/1
Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones took over as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations in the last cabinet reshuffle in September 2025. The former lawyer is an 25/1 shot to be the next person to lead both his party and the country. | Getty Images