The British leader announced a timetable for his resignation as prime minister.
Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as prime minister after days of intense pressure from his own Labour Party, with a new leader to be in place by the time parliament returns in September.
“I will resign,” Starmer told reporters outside 10 Downing Street in London on Monday.
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In 2024, Starmer won the biggest parliamentary majority for Labour since 1997 after 14 years of Conservative-led government.
But opinion polls have shown the 63-year-old Labour Party leader and former lawyer is deeply unpopular with voters after a series of policy missteps and scandals.
Starmer had come under mounting pressure from his own Labour Party to quit following the decisive by-election win by his rival, Andy Burnham, to claim a parliamentary seat in North West England.
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