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backbenchers and junior ministers have signed a statement saying this is "no time for a leadership contest
statement saying this is “no time for a leadership contest” – as [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) told his cabinet he would not stand down while a formal leadership contest had not been triggered. The letter
backbenchers and some parliamentary ministerial aides. Organisers say it did not come from No 10, though MPs said it had been circulated by government whips. Starmer himself made his message clear at cabinet
backbencher Catherine West said she could try to trigger a leadership contest in the wake of his speech. The north London MP has threatened to begin canvassing support if Sir Keir's address leaves
backbenchers adding their voices to calls for the prime minister to go. But matters began moving at speed, with West, a north London MP who was sacked by Starmer as a Foreign Office minister last
backbenchers’ nerves as he did the rounds in the members-only smoking room and his private office behind the Commons chamber. One former minister said the mood was so dark that several MPs refused