# Why is Sir Keir Starmer resigning as an MP?

https://mins.news/en/video/40908

- BBC News, 2026-09-01 19:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vNFNojDBb4

> After stepping down as UK prime minister earlier this summer, Keir Starmer has announced that he will resign as MP for Holborn and St Pancras. The decision comes on Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first day addressing MPs in the House of Commons, prompting questions over whether the timing was deliberate or coincidental and what awaits the new prime minister.

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