U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer indicated Tuesday that he intends to stay in office as he met with members of his Cabinet in crunch talks that could determine his future.
Starmer is trying to shore up support within his Cabinet following hefty losses for the Labour Party in local elections last week, which if repeated in a national election would see it overwhelmingly ejected from power.
The meeting was taking place after more than 70 Labour backbenchers, representing nearly a fifth of the party’s representation in Parliament, said that Starmer should stand down, or at least set out a timetable for his departure.
On Tuesday, junior minister Miatta Fahnbulleh stepped down and urged Starmer “to do the right thing for the country” and set a timetable to step aside.
Fahnbulleh, who was the housing, communities and local government minister and is considered to be on the left of the party, said that she was proud of her service, but that the government hadn’t acted with the vision, pace and mandate for change it had been given by voters.
Nor have we governed as a Labour Party clear about our values and strong in our convictions,” she said.
But Starmer doubled down on his resolve to stay in office.
Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses in last week’s local elections across the U.K. but he would fight on.
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