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UK's Starmer facing crunch meeting as calls grow for him to quit

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12-05-2026 | 02:03

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UK's Starmer facing crunch meeting as calls grow for him to quit

Britain's Keir Starmer was consulting colleagues about whether he can stay on as prime minister on Tuesday ahead of a crunch cabinet meeting that comes after ministerial aides quit and almost 80 lawmakers publicly called for him to go.

Starmer, in the top job for less than two years, had vowed on Monday to stay the course after large swathes of his parliamentary party turned on him following one of the worst defeats for Labour in last week's local elections.

British media reports said several cabinet ministers, including interior minister Shabana Mahmood and foreign minister ⁠Yvette Cooper, have told Starmer he needs to set out a date at which he will step down.

Almost 80 lawmakers, from different ideological wings of the party, have called for Starmer to set out a timetable for his departure, to trigger a leadership competition.

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