LIVE: Keir Starmer on the brink

LIVE: Keir Starmer on the brink as PM holds crisis cabinet meeting with calls to quit

LIVE: Keir Starmer on the brink qas PM holds crisis cabinet meeting with calls to quit

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 79 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 was collapsing and called for him to set out a timetable for his departure from No 10.

Sir Keir faces an extraordinary weekly Cabinet meeting on 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.