Keir Starmer Resigns as U.K. Prime Minister, Triggering Labour Leadership Contest
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Abid Rahman
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned in an address outside 10 Downing Street, stepping down after winning a landslide election with the Labour Party in 2024. His resignation triggers a leadership contest, with hopes of a new Labour prime minister before Parliament returns in September. Starmer becomes the sixth British prime minister to resign since the Brexit referendum, as the country continues to struggle economically post-Brexit.
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· 3 pulledAfter months of speculation, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially resigned on Monday morning in an address to the country outside 10 Downing Street.
Starmer, who has been prime minister since winning a landslide election with the Labour Party in 2024, is set to step down amid the prospect of a leadership contest.
With his resignation, Starmer becomes the sixth British prime minister to resign since the seismic, and ultimately ruinous, Brexit referendum vote.
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