Two ministerial aides quit as scores of MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation
Multiple aides have resigned as pressure grows over Labour’s losses, while 55 MPs and counting now back a leadership challenge, officials said.
- 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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The British Prime Minister is unable to convince his people after the collapse of his party in the local elections and dozens of MPs are asking him to step down from office.
REPORT: Putsch Against UK PM Starmer Gains Momentum as Dozens of Labour Lawmakers Demand His Resignation.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is hanging in the balance following heavy losses for the governing Labour Party in local and regional elections last week, with dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) signing a letter calling for his resignation.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a leadership crisis following a disastrous showing for the governing Labour Party in English local elec…
Three Labour aides quit and over 60 MPs demand Starmer’s resignation
It was widely billed as a 'make-or-break speech' for the prime minister. But instead of convincing his own MPs, he shouldn't resign following Labour's massive losses in last week's local elections; Keir Starmer is now under even more pressure to go.
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