LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday (May 12), telling ministers he would "get on with governing" despite a "destabilising" 48 hours of growing calls to set out a timetable for his departure
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, Apr 1, 2026. Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.
LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday , telling ministers he would"get on with governing" despite a"destabilising" 48 hours of growing calls to set out a timetable for his departure At a meeting of his Cabinet team of ministers, Starmer, in the top job for less than two years, repeated that while he took responsibility for one of his Labour Party's worst election defeats, there had been no official move to trigger a leadership contest.
"The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government and that has a real economic cost for our country and for families," Starmer told ministers, according to his Downing Street office. "The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a Cabinet.
"On Tuesday, a junior minister resigned after a handful of ministerial aides also left the government. More than 80 Labour lawmakersStarmer had sought to shore up his position on Monday when he promised to act more boldly and with more urgency to tackle Britain's many problems.
He had said the country would never forgive the centre-left Labour Party if it embarked on a leadership challenge, just two years after its huge parliamentary majority was supposed to bring an end to the political chaos that had gripped the country since Britain voted to leave the European Union 10 years ago. We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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