UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will resign and remain in place as prime minister until a new Labour leader has been selected. Starmer’s departure will pave the way for Britain’s seventh leader in a decade.
The threat to Starmer has been building for months, but it increased sharply when Andy Burnham decisively won a parliamentary election to return to Westminster Starmer’s departure comes less than two years after he won a landslide election victory that promised to end Britain’s chaotic politics.
In pictures: Starmer’s resignation statement
Members of the media wait outside 10 Downing Street, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy and other ministers in Downing Street. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
Starmer in Downing Street. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
Starmer hugs his wife Victoria. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
