Keir Starmer: Which ministers have called on him to resign? Who is still supporting him?
We take a look at which cabinet ministers have called on Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister - and which ones are still supporting him.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has come out fighting on yet another difficult day for his leadership.
After a humiliating drubbing for Labour in the Scottish, Welsh and English local elections last week, pressure is mounting on Sir Keir to resign as Prime Minister.
His party is in open revolt and even some within his own cabinet are turning their backs on him.
So far, 81 Labour MPs have called for him to resign, including at least eight from Scotland. However, a leadership challenge cannot be triggered unless 81 MPs coalesce behind one single candidate.
On Tuesday morning, he urged his cabinet to move on from suggestions of replacing him.
He said: “As I said yesterday, I take full responsibility for the election results and responsibility for delivering the change we promised.
“The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government, which has a real economic cost for the country and families.
“The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.
“The country expects us to get on with governing - that’s what I’m doing and what we should do as a cabinet.”
We are currently not sure of UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s position. His allies are reporting that he is preparing to resign on Thursday and trigger a leadership contest against the Prime Minister, but has not explicitly stated his position as of yet.
The Scotsman is keeping a list of which cabinet secretaries have called for the Prime Minister to walk - and which are still supporting the dead man walking.
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Ministers calling for the Prime Minister to go
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
Devolution Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh
Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips
Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones
Junior Health Minister Dr Zubir Ahmed
Ministers still supporting the Prime Minister
Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Treasury Chief Secretary James Murray
Business Secretary Peter Kyle
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall
Housing Secretary Steve Reed
Defence Secretary John Healey
International Development Minister Baroness Jenny Chapman
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband
Tourism Minister Ian Murray
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Defence Minister Luke Pollard
Who else?
In the past 24 hours Sir Keir has had to replace six parliamentary aides after they quit in response to his continued leadership.
This includes a number of parliamentary private secretaries:
Joe Morris MP (Wes Streeting’s PPS)
Melanie Ward MP (David Lammy’s PPS)
Naushabah Khan MP (Darren Jones’s PPS)
Tom Rutland MP (Emma Reynolds’s PPS)
Gordon McKee MP (Pat McFadden’s PPS)
Sally Jameson MP (Shabana Mahmood’s PPS).
Which Scottish MPs have called on Starmer to go?
Euan Stainbank MP
Brian Leishman MP
Richard Baker MP
Maureen Burke MP
Irene Campbell MP
Graeme Downie MP
Alan Gemmell MP
Melanie Ward MP
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