Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today (June 22) that he is stepping down as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, paving the way for Andy Burnham. Since David Cameron resigned in 2016 after the Brexit referendum,

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A decade on from the referendum that led to Britain's exit from the European Union, the issue continues to divide and drive debate in Westminster.

The decisive victory paved the way for a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.

On dysfunctional governance in the United Kingdom. In July 2024, the Conservative Party was ejected from office with an ignominy that was towering and by a margin unprecedented in its long history. The Labour Party, thrashed at the previous election in ...

These letters come from readers of Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain. Sign up for Blighty Blighty assessed the recent chaos surrounding Sir Keir Starmer and ...

Reform UK published "news-making, cor blimey, take-a-look-at-this photos" of a meeting this week between Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion, said the BBC's political editor Chris Mason. But this is about more than just photos ...

Rosa Prince is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering UK politics and policy. She was formerly an editor and writer at Politico and the Daily Telegraph, and is the author of "Comrade Corbyn" and "Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister." Kemi Badenoch ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War – American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia.” In Britain, the small Green Party has won their first by-election. A by-election is held between general elections when a seat becomes ...

A Labour Party deputy who spent years in opposition, he criticized Conservatives and members of his own party, and was at the heart of major political moments. By Alan Cowell Roy Hattersley, a Labour Party fixture in the British political firmament who ...

Keir Starmer said he will step down as prime minister once the Labour Party chooses a successor. His exit extends a decade of rapid leadership turnover that has unsettled British politics.