Keir Starmer meets with king to formally resign as PM before Andy Burnham takes over – UK politics live

Per the Guardian, Keir Starmer formally resigned as Prime Minister, meeting with the King at Buckingham Palace to complete the transition to Andy Burnham. In his final speech outside No. 10, Starmer said his work was done, as environmental activists displayed banners protesting the proposed Rosebank oil field development in the North Sea.

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