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Politics · 11 May 2026

Starmer to meet cabinet on Tuesday under mounting pressure

Starmer to meet cabinet on Tuesday under mounting pressure

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Keir Starmer is expected to be confronted by more senior cabinet ministers during a meeting on Tuesday morning, hours after four colleagues told him to consider stepping down. Health Secretary Wes Streeting and his allies are among those increasingly seen as a threat to the prime minister's position. Starmer has insisted he will not walk away from the job despite the worst set of local election results for Labour in living memory.

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