LONDON, July 20. /TASS/. Keir Starmer has formally tendered his resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom during an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, the royal press service said.
"Sir Keir Starmer MP had an audience of The King this morning and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury which His Majesty was graciously pleased to accept," it said in a statement.
On June 22, Starmer said he would step down as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom sank into a political crisis after the May 7 local elections, as result of which the Labour Party lost control of the Welsh Parliament for the first time. In various legislative bodies in England, Labour lost 1,400 seats.
Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, has become the new prime minister. He met with Charles III to receive a mandate to form a government.
