Britain's Keir Starmer to Resign as Prime Minister

Keir Starmer's time at No. 10 Downing Street now has an end date. The UK prime minister said Monday he will resign as Labour leader less than two years after a landslide win, bowing to days of mounting pressure from his own MPs and cabinet ministers worried about the next election. He will stay on until a new leader is chosen: as early as July or as late as September.

• "The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election," said a "visibly emotional" Starmer, per the BBC. "I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace."

The move triggers yet another leadership race, with Andy Burnham—fresh back in Parliament after winning the Makerfield byelection—seen as the clear favorite, per the Guardian. Starmer said he'll ask Labour's ruling body to open nominations on July 9 and wants the contest wrapped before Parliament's summer break. Whoever wins inherits a weakened but still governing Labour Party, a strained economy, and a crowded populist flank—plus a parliamentary party split over whether Burnham should face a real contest or be rushed straight into No. 10.