A Labour mutiny is gathering pace after the party's disaster local election results, with dozens of MPs mounting pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to resign. The Prime Minister today vowed to stay in his role for another eight years, insisting he is at the beginning of a '10-year-project of renewal'. In a desperate bid to save his premiership, he wheeled out Labour veterans Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman back into government yesterday. Backbencher Catherine West threatened to launch a 'stalking horse' leadership bid in the morning unless the Cabinet acted, with No10 nervous anger is so great she could get the 81 nominations required to spark a vote.
A Labour mutiny is gathering pace after the party's disaster local election results - with dozens of MPs mounting pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to resign.
The Prime Minister today vowed to stay in his role for another eight years, insisting he is at the beginning of a '10-year-project of renewal'. In a desperate bid to save his premiership he wheeled out Labour veterans Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman back into government yesterday.
Backbencher Catherine West threatened to launch a 'stalking horse' leadership bid in the morning unless the Cabinet acted - with No10 nervous anger is so great she could get the 81 nominations required to spark a vote. It follows Labour's loss of more than 1,100 English council seats this week as Reform and the Greens seized huge chunks of the party's heartlands.
Everyone is wondering whether Labour backbencher Catherine West will get the backing of the 81 MPs needed to force a leadership vote. In a bombshell intervention last night, Ms West hatched a plan to oust the Prime Minister by putting herself forward as a 'stalking horse' candidate. The plot has divided opinion within the party but Downing Street sources appear to be adamant Ms West won't get the 81 signatories required to challenge Sir Keir
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