Keir Starmer: Which ministers have called on him to resign? Who is still supporting him?

We take a look at which cabinet ministers have called on Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister - and which ones are still supporting him.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has come out fighting on yet another difficult day for his leadership.

After a humiliating drubbing for Labour in the Scottish, Welsh and English local elections last week, pressure is mounting on Sir Keir to resign as Prime Minister.

His party is in open revolt and even some within his own cabinet are turning their backs on him.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer | Robert Petrry/Getty Images

So far, 81 Labour MPs have called for him to resign, including at least eight from Scotland. However, a leadership challenge cannot be triggered unless 81 MPs coalesce behind one single candidate.

On Tuesday morning, he urged his cabinet to move on from suggestions of replacing him.

He said: “As I said yesterday, I take full responsibility for the election results and responsibility for delivering the change we promised.

“The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government, which has a real economic cost for the country and families.

“The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.

“The country expects us to get on with governing - that’s what I’m doing and what we should do as a cabinet.”

We are currently not sure of UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s position. His allies are reporting that he is preparing to resign on Thursday and trigger a leadership contest against the Prime Minister, but has not explicitly stated his position as of yet.

The Scotsman is keeping a list of which cabinet secretaries have called for the Prime Minister to walk - and which are still supporting the dead man walking.

Ministers calling for the Prime Minister to go

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood

Devolution Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips

Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones

Junior Health Minister Dr Zubir Ahmed

Ministers still supporting the Prime Minister

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Treasury Chief Secretary James Murray

Business Secretary Peter Kyle

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall

Housing Secretary Steve Reed

Defence Secretary John Healey

International Development Minister Baroness Jenny Chapman

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband

Tourism Minister Ian Murray

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson

Defence Minister Luke Pollard

Who else?

In the past 24 hours Sir Keir has had to replace six parliamentary aides after they quit in response to his continued leadership.

This includes a number of parliamentary private secretaries:

Joe Morris MP (Wes Streeting’s PPS)

Melanie Ward MP (David Lammy’s PPS)

Naushabah Khan MP (Darren Jones’s PPS)

Tom Rutland MP (Emma Reynolds’s PPS)

Gordon McKee MP (Pat McFadden’s PPS)

Sally Jameson MP (Shabana Mahmood’s PPS).

Which Scottish MPs have called on Starmer to go?

Euan Stainbank MP

Brian Leishman MP

Richard Baker MP

Maureen Burke MP

Irene Campbell MP

Graeme Downie MP

Alan Gemmell MP

Melanie Ward MP

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