Sir Keir Starmer is clinging on to power with the support of key cabinet figures – even after being rocked by the departure of a second key aide, and a public demand for his resignation from Labour’s own leader in Scotland.
The prime minister was supported by colleagues, including his former deputy Angela Rayner, as the previously loyal Anas Sarwar urged him to step down over the Mandelson-Epstein scandal, saying he had made “too many mistakes”.
