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  "id": 4875145,
  "title": "Former UK Prime Minister Starmer steps down as MP after 11 years in Parliament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/former-uk-prime-minister-starmer-steps-down-as-mp-after-11-years-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:15:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/inside-politics/former-uk-prime-minister-starmer-steps-down-as-mp-after-11-years-in-parliament"
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  "summary": "Former UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that he will step down as the Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras, ending his 11-year career as a constituency MP. Starmer made the announcement in a statement posted on X on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, saying he had spent the summer reflecting on […]",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "UK ex-PM Starmer to quit parliament, focus on ‘international affairs’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/uk-ex-pm-starmer-to-quit-parliament-focus-on-international-affairs",
        "published": "2026-09-01T12:07:26.000Z"
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        "title": "UK ex-PM Starmer to quit parliament, focus on 'international affairs'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/uk-ex-pm-starmer-to-quit-parliament-focus-on-international-affairs-4861081",
        "published": "2026-09-01T12:33:56.000Z"
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        "title": "UK ex-PM Starmer to quit parliament",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/uk-ex-pm-starmer-to-quit-parliament",
        "published": "2026-09-01T13:24:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stand down as MP to focus on world affairs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/former-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer-to-stand-down-as-mp-to-focus-on",
        "published": "2026-09-01T15:13:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ousted UK PM Starmer quits parliament to focus on international affairs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/ousted-uk-pm-starmer-quits-parliament-to-focus-on-international",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:24:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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