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Starmer under pressure as Labor MPs demand he resign
After the local election results, Keir Starmer faces calls to resign after voters made a damning verdict on Labour.
Starmer takes charge after Labor He lost hundreds of councilors in England and suffered humiliation in Wales. But he made it clear that he would not give up. “Hard days like these do not weaken my resolve.”
Some Labor MPs demanded his resignation, but Members of Starmer’s cabinet rallied around the prime minister.
health secretary Wes Streeting, Although he has publicly denied such ambitions, he has said he is widely seen as a possible candidate in a potential leadership race. Starmer had “support”.
“I will continue to put my shoulders to the wheel as health and social care secretary, getting the NHS back on its feet and ensuring it is fit for the future,” he said.
home secretary Shabana Mahmood He admitted it had been a “devastating night” for Labor but the prime minister said: “He correctly said that we need to do better.”
But a few backbencher MPs called Starmer Set a timetable for resignation. Clive Betts, Sheffield South East MP says Starmer should go “In the not too distant future”during Sarah Owen Luton North MP said “Do or die for the Labor leadership”.
Labor suffers historic loss in Wales Where the party’s 27-year rule ended with Plaid Cymru Although it did not achieve a majority, it won the most seats. in scotland, The SNP emerges as the winner.
The undisputed biggest winner of Thursday UK Reformation, to have won Control of over 1,200 seats and 12 councils in England, According to the Press Association’s tally of results. reform leader Nigel Farage announced that he was attempting “A truly historic shift in British politics.”
Liberal Democrats And green party With its leader, the Greens made gains at the expense of Labor Zack Polanski Announcing the era of two-party politics “Not only does he die, he dies and is buried.”
