Four ministers resign as pressure rises on Starmer to quit
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#75J7J)
Jess Phillips, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Alex Davies-Jones and Zubir Ahmed join more than 80 MPs calling for PM to go
One of Keir Starmer's most influential ministers, Jess Phillips, has resigned from the government, calling for Keir Starmer to quit and saying she has grown tired of seeing opportunities for progress stalled and delayed".
Four ministers quit on Tuesday and joined more than 80 MPs to have called for the prime minister to go. But Starmer told his cabinet earlier in the day that he would fight on as prime minister, saying the threshold for a leadership challenge had not been met.
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