Keir Starmer is resigning as an MP to focus on international affairs and protecting women and girls.

Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy4258kgyo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @politics-BBCNews

Keir Starmer says he will stand down as an MP to turn his attention to “international affairs”. The announcement by the former prime minister, who had previously said he would stay in parliament until the next general election, came ahead of Andy Burnham’s first statement in the House of Commons as PM this afternoon.

Keir Starmer is resigning as an MP to focus on “international affairs” and “protecting women and girls”. The former prime minister, who supported Israel as it killed at least 38,000 women and girls in Gaza, will stand down from his seat in Holborn and St Pancras in London, triggering a byelection. "I will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world,” he told the Camden New Journal newspaper. "I will also continue, as I have done for a long time now with others, to work on combating violence against women and girls; that is an issue that matters to me hugely. It’s work I started before I became an MP and it’s work I’m keen to continue after I’m an MP.” Starmer is reportedly interested in becoming secretary general of Nato, a role that is set to fall vacant in 2028.

Starmer steps down as MP https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/ec2c3de6023ef847

Former British PM Keir Starmer to stand down as MP to focus on international affairs https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-former-uk-pm-starmer-stand-down-as-mp/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into World @world-globeandmail

Former U.K. PM Starmer to step down as MP https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/former-uk-pm-starmer-to-step-down-as-mp/article71415083.ece?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into INTERNATIONAL @international-TheHindu