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Politics
Helen Corbett

Pressure on Starmer as number of Labour MPs calling for him to quit reaches 100

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (PA) - (PA Wire)

Pressure is piling on Sir Keir Starmer after Andy Burnham stormed to victory in the Makerfield by-election, with the number of Labour MPs who have called for him to set out plans to quit Downing Street reaching 100.

Calls for Sir Keir to go have been building since Labour took a hammering in May’s local elections, and now marks around a quarter of the party’s 403 MPs.

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