{"id":579361,"date":"2026-05-12T06:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:03:17","slug":"keir-starmer-to-face-cabinet-meeting-as-over-70-labour-mps-call-on-him-to-quit-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579361\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer to face cabinet meeting as over 70 Labour MPs call on him to quit – follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Starmer’s situation spiralled yesterday – in numberspublished at 06:40 BST<\/p>\n

06:40 BST<\/p>\n

\"StarmerImage source, James Manning\/PA WireImage caption, <\/p>\n

Starmer delivered a speech first thing on Monday, following Labour’s losses in last week’s elections<\/p>\n

Last night, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called on the PM set out a timetable for his resignation, amid calls from a number of MPs for him to step aside. <\/p>\n

Here are the key numbers from everything else that unfolded on Monday:<\/p>\n

The BBC has counted at least 72 Labour MPs who have called on Starmer to leave his post, or set out a timetable for his resignation. That’s over 17% of Labour’s 403 MPs. <\/p>\n

Six ministerial aides who have joined these public calls for Starmer to quit were replaced by Number 10 late last night. <\/p>\n

It came as Labour backbencher Catherine West announced she is collecting names of fellow MPs who are urging Starmer to give up the top job by September. <\/p>\n

West had backed down from her ultimatum issued over the weekend, when she threatened to trigger a leadership contest herself if a cabinet minister did not challenge the PM. For this to happen, 20% of Labour MPs \u2013 81 people \u2013 would have had to support her.<\/p>\n

Her announcement came after a speech from Starmer on Monday morning in the wake of Labour’s elections losses last week. He admitted the government has “made mistakes”, but vowed to prove “doubters” wrong. <\/p>\n

He also made three pledges around strengthening the UK’s relationship with the EU, nationalising British Steel, and boosting opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Starmer’s situation spiralled yesterday – in numberspublished at 06:40 BST 06:40 BST Image source, James Manning\/PA WireImage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-579361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}