Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation

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Caption:Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement on his future outside 10 Downing Street.Photo credit:Adrian Dennis

Published: 23 June 2026

UK leader Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday following months of pressure, kickstarting a process that will see Britain get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

In a speech outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer – in office since July 2024 – conceded he had lost the support of his Labour party MPs.

He said he had informed King Charles III of his decision to resign so that a new Labour leader, and therefore prime minister, could be elected.

“I will remain in post as prime minister until the contest is complete, and I will do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power,” he said.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen praised Starmer for bolstering “European” security after he announced his resignation.

“It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir,” the European Commission president posted online.

Starmer’s authority has been waning since Labour endured a drubbing in local and regional elections in May.

He was unable to withstand the pressure any further following confirmation last week that his rival Andy Burnham was returning to parliament, clearing the path for an anticipated leadership challenge.

Burnham, a veteran Labour politician, is due to take up his seat in the House of Commons later on Monday after winning a parliamentary by-election in Makerfield, northwest England, on Thursday.

“The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election,” Starmer said, as senior ministerial colleagues looked on.

“I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace.

“Every decision I have taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party,” he added, choking up in an emotional speech.

Starmer said he had asked Labour’s National Executive Committee to set out a timetable for his replacement, with nominations due to open on 9 July.

“This will ensure that a new leader is in place before parliament returns in September” after the summer recess, he explained.

Attention now turns to whether Burnham will become leader without a contest, as many Labour MPs have called for, or whether another candidate such as ex-health minister Wes Streeting decides to run as well.

This is not a surprise to Bible Students as Keir Starmer as Prime Minister was trying to take Britain back to the EU and we know from Bible Prophecy that this will not happen as Britain will not be with the EU at the time of the End.

Unfortunatel the Labour Government under Keir Starmer has been a disaster for Britain, and we will yet see a refusal of a lot of their policies under a new government.

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