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Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

news outlets, amid a deluge of similar statements from parliamentarians, and six ministerial aides quitting on Monday. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Defence Secretary John Healey also met with Starmer yesterday. In a speech

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

John Healey, the defence secretary, and the deputy prime minister, David Lammy – were among those who spoke to Starmer on Monday. Some told the prime minister he should oversee an orderly transition of power after

Keir Starmer to face crucial cabinet meeting as ministers and MPs urge him to resign – UK politics live

news organisations were using them to keep a track of Labour MPs who were coming out and calling for Starmer’s resignation and, after his speech in the morning, the numbers started to escalate. Here

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

resignations making governing publicly impossible, [as happened to Boris Johnson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-resigns-as-conservative-leader-after-cabinet-revolt) in 2022. So far, four government aides have quit their posts, while the Guardian understands that Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary