Two ministerial aides quit as scores of MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation
Two ministerial aides resigned and 55 Labour MPs called for a departure timetable after local election losses deepened pressure on Keir Starmer.
- On Monday, more than 60 Labour MPs publicly called for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign following significant losses in English local, Welsh, and Scottish elections on Thursday.
- Labour lost more than 1,400 councillors and power in Wales, triggering widespread anger; Tom Rutland noted animosity towards the Prime Minister was clear from voters choosing other parties.
- Joe Morris, PPS to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Sally Jameson, PPS to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, resigned; Morris urged Starmer to set out a "swift timetable" for his departure.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay, stating, "I take responsibility for not walking away, not plunging our country into chaos," while admitting he faces internal doubters.
- Potential successors include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, as Rutland added that Starmer "has lost authority, not just within the Parliamentary Labour Party but across the country.
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Calls mounted late Monday for Britain's embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit, despite his pledges to prove his doubters wrong after his ruling Labour party was crushed in local and regional elections. More than 70 of Labour's 403 MPs have asked him to step down, unconvinced by his pledge to make the party bolder and better to assuage disgruntled voters impatient for change. Under party rules, any challenger would need the support of 81 …
Over 70 Labour MPs call for Starmer's resignation after election rout
More than 70 Labour Party MPs have publicly called for the resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the electoral collapse the governing party suffered in last Thursday's local and regional elections. The count, which was rising hour by hour through Monday according to a tracker maintained by the specialist outlet LabourList, includes around ten parliamentarians who joined the pressure in the last 24 hours, alongside a trickle of res…
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