British Prime Minister Starmer announces resignation
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- British Prime Minister Starmer announced his resignation on the 22nd.
- Following the Labor Party's crushing defeat in the unified local elections in May, there were growing calls from within the party for him to take responsibility and resign.
- Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, is considered the most likely successor.
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British Prime Minister Starmer announced his intention to resign on the 22nd. The ruling Labor Party suffered a crushing defeat in the unified local elections in May, and there were growing calls within the party for him to take responsibility and resign.
He had maintained his intention to continue in the post, but after Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, who was aiming to succeed him, showed his high popularity by winning an overwhelming victory in the House of Commons by-election on the 18th, he changed his mind based on advice from his close ministerial colleagues. Burnham is considered the most likely candidate to succeed him.
Sixth change in prime minister in 10 years
Starmer regained power from the Conservative Party in the July 2024 general election for the first time in 14 years and became Prime Minister, but he was forced to step down less than two years later.
Since the Conservative Party era, there have been short-lived governments due to scandals and mismanagement, and this will be the sixth time in 10 years that the prime minister has changed.
In the general election, the right-wing populist party Reform UK (British Reform Party) won out of the approximately 5,000 seats up for election in local councils in England.
