British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party, just two years after being elected in a landslide.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in a statement delivered outside 10 Downing Street.

Starmer’s resignation follows a string of electoral losses for his party and controversy over his appointment of Epstein-linked Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the U.S.