00:00British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation today after holding office for nearly two years.
00:07He says he has spoken to King Charles III to inform of a decision to step down.
00:13Meanwhile, newly sworn-in British Labour lawmaker Andy Burnham says he is putting himself forward to enter the contest to
00:20replace Starmer as Prime Minister.
00:22Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer said nominations for the Labour leadership would open on July 9th, with the contest
00:30to be completed before Parliament's summer recess.
00:34That would allow a new leader to take office before Parliament returns in September.
00:39Starmer will remain as interim Prime Minister until then.
00:43With his departure, Britain is set to have its seventh Prime Minister in just over a decade.
00:49The announcement comes despite Starmer's previous insistence that he would resist any attempt to force him from office.
00:58Labour has faced mounting political pressure since May's local elections, where the party lost nearly 15,000 council seats across
01:06England.
01:07It has also lost power in Wales and recorded its worst-ever performance in the Scottish Parliament.
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