Starmer latest: Streeting accused of orchestrating No 10 coup as embattled PM vows to fight on

The most senior civil servant at No 10 is expected to negotiate his departure and step down from his role amid the shakeup in Downing Street.

Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Tim Allan and Morgan McSweeney in the next few days, according to The Guardian.

Those close to Mr Wormald reportedly viewed it as a “disastrous” appointment.

A government source told the newspaper that “the writing was on the wall” for Wormald, while Starmer was keen to reassert his authority over his party and government.

Keir Starmer will hold a cabinet meeting today after surviving calls to resign on Monday.

The meeting, held every Tuesday, followed a turbulent day for the prime minister yesterday, when Scottish Labor leader Anas Sarwar called for him to leave.

Sir Keir’s entire cabinet supported him and insisted he remain prime minister.

The Prime Minister said he was “not ready to walk away”.

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Chris Blackhurst reports:

Sir Keir Starmer held a meeting with the parliamentary Labor Party on Monday and said he was “not prepared to walk away” from his role and responsibilities as prime minister.

He called on his party to unite against Reformation and said he had “never lost a fight”.

It comes after several cabinet ministers backed the Scottish Labor leader’s leadership after he called on him to resign following controversy over the mention of Lord Peter Mandelson in the latest release of the Epstein files.

Mr Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, benefited greatly from Labour’s victory at the last election, and his communications director, Tim Allan, resigned within 24 hours of each other.

MPs grilled the Prime Minister over the appointment of Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords.

The government is determined to release all files relating to Lord Mandelson and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the Prime Minister’s principal secretary, Darren Jones, told the House of Commons on Monday.

Health Minister Wes Streeting chose to avoid any controversy by personally publishing his messages with Mandelson. During the meetings, he accused Israel of “war crimes”, said that the government had no plan for economic growth and believed that he would be the “trophy” in the next general elections.

The brief launch of a website called angelaforleader.co.uk in January led to speculation that Angela Rayner might be preparing a bid for the Labor leadership. Guard.

After days of speculation about his political involvement and friendship with Lord Mandelson, Mr Streeting forwarded his text messages to Sky News in an attempt to clear the air.

David Maddox, political editor of The Independent, reports:

Kate Devlin, The Independent’s Whitehall editor, reports:

The Prime Minister said he would not resign as pressure increased for him to resign.

“I’ve had my critics every step of the way, and now I have them,” he told a Labor Party meeting in parliament on Monday.

“Opponents who absolutely do not want the Labor government to succeed and who certainly do not want it to succeed.

“But let me tell you, after fighting so hard for the chance to change our country, I am not ready to walk away from my duty and responsibility to my country or to plunge us into chaos as others have done.”

Scottish leader Anas Sarwar said at a last-minute press conference that he felt compelled to do the right thing for Scotland by calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.

“The situation in Downing Street is not good enough,” he said. “There were too many mistakes. They promised they would be different, but too many things happened.”

He confirmed he had spoken to Mr Starmer earlier today and added: “It’s safe to say he and I disagree.”

Scottish Labor Party leader Anas Sarwar shared that calling for Keir Starmer to resign was a “painful” decision.

“There’s probably no one in Scottish politics who has a better relationship with Keir Starmer or a closer friendship with Keir Starmer than I do,” he told reporters on Monday afternoon.

Mr Sarwar said of Starmer: “He is someone I have campaigned with, someone I have worked with for the last five years in my leadership role, someone I have campaigned ferociously for to make sure we can get rid of the Conservative government, and someone I have supported over the last 18 months.

“So does this cause me personal pain and suffering? Of course it does.”

The UK government has reiterated its commitment to releasing all remaining files on disgraced pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but has not set a deadline for their release.

“The Government is committed to publishing all relevant documents in line with the motion passed by the House and is working rapidly to do so,” Darren Jones, the Prime Minister’s general secretary, told the House of Commons on Monday. he said.

He said the government was determined “to be transparent as soon as possible and fully comply with the motion”.

He added: “The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Secretary to liaise with the Intelligence and Security Committee and I will ensure that the House is kept up to date on this work.”