After less than two years in office, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned. "The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election. I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace," he said at a press conference this morning. "Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party."
Starmer said he had spoken to the king to inform him of the decision, and would ask the National Executive Committee, the Labour Party's governing body, to set out a timetable for the leadership race to decide his successor. Nominations will open on July 9, and if there is a contest, his successor will be chosen by the summer recess. Keir Starmer will remain as prime minister until the leadership contest is complete.
