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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ended all speculation about his future on Monday by announcing his resignation, less than two years after guiding the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the 2024 general election.

英国首相基尔·斯塔默于周一宣布辞职，彻底终结了外界对其政治前途的所有猜测。距离他带领工党在2024年大选中取得压倒性胜利，尚且不足两年。

His resignation means the United Kingdom will have its seventh prime minister in just over a decade. Amid the imminent change, the British pound slid as much as 0.4 percent to touch $1.3181 early on Monday, approaching its 2026 low of $1.3159 set in March, before paring losses. The yield of the UK 10-year gilt bonds, a benchmark for what the UK Treasury pays to borrow money, edged up from 4.84 percent to 4.85 percent, while the yield on 30-year gilts rose from 5.54 percent to 5.55 percent.

此次辞职意味着，英国在短短十多年间将迎来第七位首相。在这一即将到来的政局变动背景下，英镑汇率周一早盘下跌0.4%，跌至1英镑兑1.3181美元，逼近今年3月创下的2026年低点1.3159美元，随后跌幅有所收窄。作为英国财政部借贷成本基准的英国10年期国债收益率从4.84%微升至4.85%，30年期国债收益率则从5.54%升至5.55%。

Doubts over Starmer's leadership had been growing for some time, particularly after the recent damaging local election results, for which Starmer took personal responsibility.

外界对斯塔默执政能力的质疑早已持续发酵，尤其是在近期地方选举遭遇惨败后，斯塔默主动为此承担了个人责任，执政危机进一步加剧。

In an address outside his Downing Street office, Starmer said that he had "heard the answer of my Parliamentary party" as to whether he was "best placed" to lead it into the next general election. "I accept that answer with good grace," he added, saying that he would continue until his successor was chosen.

斯塔默在唐宁街首相府外发表讲话表示，关于自己是否是带领工党迎战下一届大选的最佳人选，他已收到议会党内的明确态度。他补充道：“我坦然接受这一结果”，并表示自己将留任至新任首相人选产生。

Starmer became Labour Party leader in April 2020, replacing Jeremy Corbyn, who had led the party to a heavy defeat in the 2019 general election. He faced three Conservative prime ministers before Labour won 411 of the 650 seats in the 2024 general election. However, although this gave Labour a clear Parliamentary majority, it secured just 34 percent of the popular vote, the smallest share received by any majority government since World War II.

斯塔默于2020年4月接任工党领袖，取代了在2019年大选中带领工党惨败的杰里米·科尔宾。在2024年工党赢得大选、拿下议会650个席位中的411席之前，他曾历经三届保守党首相执政时期。不过，尽管工党借此取得了绝对的议会多数席位，但其得票率仅为34%，是二战以来所有多数党政府中的最低得票占比。

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