After months of speculation, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially resigned on Monday morning in an address to the country outside 10 Downing Street.
Starmer, who has been prime minister since winning a landslide election with the Labour Party in 2024, is set to step down after leadership contest is conducted, with the hopes of a new Labour prime minister in place before the British Parliament returns in September.
Starmer’s full resignation speech is below.
Thank you. Thank you. Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life. A new Labour government. The first in 14 years. A page in our country’s history turned after years of disappointment and despair.
The chance to change the lives of millions of people for the better. That’s what I came into politics for. The journey to that point was not easy.
