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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

Keir Starmer insists he will continue governing despite mounting calls to quit

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is coming under mounting pressure to set a timetable for his departure (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer is defying mounting calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his Cabinet that the country “expects us to get on with governing” and “that is what I am doing”.

The Prime Minister’s woes deepened on Tuesday morning as the first minister resigned from his Government urging him to go, and as the number of Labour MPs telling him to set out a timetable for his departure grew to 75.

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