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UK's Starmer facing crunch meeting as calls grow for him to quit
Almost 80 Labour lawmakers and several ministers are pressing Starmer to set a departure date after the party’s local election losses.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Cabinet members he would not resign, insisting the formal Labour Party leadership challenge process had not been triggered despite nearly 80 MPs publicly calling for him to set a departure timetable.
- Labour's devastating loss of more than 1,400 council seats on May 7 prompted Cabinet ministers including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to privately urge Starmer to consider his position, intensifying pressure on his leadership.
- Sterling weakened to 1.35 US dollars and 30-year gilt yields surged 11 basis points to 5.785% on Tuesday as investors grew anxious about Britain's finances amid political uncertainty. Simon Harvey, senior macroeconomist at LB Macro SA, said leadership challenges combined with rising energy prices should leave gilts "under pressure."
- Business Secretary Peter Kyle publicly defended Starmer, citing his "really steadfast leadership," while Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy warned colleagues that Labour's internal conflict only benefits Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Under party rules, 81 MPs must back a single candidate to trigger a formal challenge.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting is scheduled to meet Starmer on Wednesday before King Charles III presents the government's legislative agenda at the State Opening of Parliament, amid speculation over potential successors. If Starmer departs, he would become Britain's seventh prime minister in 10 years.
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They demand the resignation of the Prime Minister after the loss of 1,200 seats in the local elections. Labor Party fractures between those who ask to leave and those who avoid a contest for leadership
The British Prime Minister, Labourman Keir Starmer, continued to resist on Tuesday the growing rebellion of his party with the help of his tenacity ("the country expects...
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