# Former UK PM Keir Starmer to step down as MP and focus on ‘international affairs’

https://mins.news/en/item/40294

- euronews, 2026-09-01 12:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/former-british-pm-keir-starmer-to-step-down-as-mp-and-focus-on-international-affairs

> Keir Starmer is set to leave his seat as MP for Holborn and St Pancras and concentrate on “international affairs”. He was elected in May 2015, became Labour leader in 2020 and led the party to a landslide general-election victory in 2024.

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