There was a time when becoming Prime Minister of Britain represented the culmination of a life’s work. Men spent decades climbing party ladders, surviving ideological civil wars, losing elections, winning elections, winning wars, extending the empire, writing memoirs, and developing the sort of permanent expression that suggested they had personally negotiated the Treaty of Versailles.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party and will leave office within weeks, scarcely two years after being…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party and will leave office within weeks, about two years after being elected in a…

His departure from office this year means Britain will get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

British PM Keir Starmer announces resignation, setting UK on course for sixth leader in seven years