British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed back against over 70 MPs in his party, resisting calls to step down after the Labour Party lost big in council elections in England and assembly elections in Scotland and Wales last week.
“The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered,” the Prime Minister said at a Tuesday (May 12, 2026) morning Cabinet meeting, as per No. 10 Downing Street.
“The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a cabinet,” he added.
U.K.'s Starmer says his government is a ten-year project despite calls to quit
A number of MPs publicly asked Mr. Starmer to resign over the course of Monday (May 11, 2026), after the Prime Minister delivered a speech in the morning, viewed by some in Labour as his final attempt to salvage his premiership. Several senior officials and one junior minister had resigned in connection with Mr. Starmer’s leadership.
