LIVE: Keir Starmer desperately clings to power – after critical cabinet meeting
LIVE: Keir Starmer desperately clings to power – after critical cabinet meeting
PM: Past 48 hours have been destabilising for Government / process of challenging leader not triggered
Business Secretary: PM showing steadfast leadership
Starmer tells the Cabinet he’ll “get on with governing” – he is staying put. Cabinet must also do the same
Sir Keir Starmer faces the biggest leadership crisis of his premiership as Cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary, reportedly urged him to consider his position, and Government aides quit their posts.
Shabana Mahmood is said to have privately called for an orderly transition of power on Monday night. This as 80 out of Labour’s 403 MPs demanded the Prime Minister stand down after the party’s electoral mauling last week.
Four Government aides quit their posts, citing a loss of confidence in his leadership. Others warned Starmer’s authority collapsing and called for him to set out a timetable for his departure from No 10.
Sir Keir faced an extraordinary weekly Cabinet meeting Tuesday morning. This with senior ministers split over how best to move forward and concerns among some about plunging the party into a potential leadership contest.
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