Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister with Burnham confirming bid to succeed him

British Prime Min­is­ter Keir Starmer an­nounced Mon­day that he will re­sign, forced out by his own par­ty af­ter mis­steps and mis­takes soured vot­ers’ good­will for a prime min­is­ter who won a land­slide elec­tion vic­to­ry two years ago on a promise of steady lead­er­ship and eco­nom­ic growth.