UK PM Starmer defiant as calls to quit grow
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Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey arrives at Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting in central London on May 12, 2026.
Calls mounted late on May 11 for Britain's embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit, despite his pledges to prove his doubters wrong after his ruling Labour party was crushed in local and regional elections.
- Starmer gives ‘full-throated’ backing for closer EU ties as he fights for job Nation.Cymru —
- Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister Catherine West seeks to trigger Labour leadership contest – UK politics live The Guardian —
- Clueless Starmer vows to be PM for another EIGHT YEARS despite Labour tearing itself apart - with furious MPs warning pro-EU speech tomorrow will go down 'like a cup of cold sick' in Red Wall Daily Mail —
- The battle to oust Starmer from No10: 81 MPs need to back ONE contender to trigger leadership vote... or the Cabinet stages a coup Daily Mail —
- Starmer latest: PM defies leadership ultimatum and calls to resign with revival plan for closer EU ties The Independent —