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Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning and leadership challenge has not been triggered
Starmer said Labour’s leadership challenge process has not been triggered as more than 80 MPs and several ministers call for him to step aside.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with his Cabinet, declaring he intends to stay in office despite mounting calls from within the Labour Party for him to step down.
- Labour has been plunged into panic following heavy losses in local elections across England, Scotland, and Wales last week, reflecting increasing fragmentation of British politics long dominated by Labour and the Conservatives.
- Junior minister Miatta Fahnbulleh stepped down on Tuesday, urging Starmer "to do the right thing for the country" and claiming the government lacked the vision promised to voters.
- More than 70 Labour backbenchers have called for Starmer to stand down, though a leadership challenge requires support from 81 House of Commons lawmakers—a threshold not yet triggered.
- Discontent stems from policy U-turns and the controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as British ambassador to Washington, though Starmer vowed to "face up to the big challenges.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has transferred his intention to his cabinet on Tuesday to continue to head the British Executive despite growing domestic pressure with more than 70 Labour MPs demanding his departure and the first three resignations within his government. “As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these election results and take responsibility for fulfilling the change we promised,” said Starmer at his government meeting in …
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