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Keir Starmer Faces Pressure to Resign

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Keir Starmer faces calls to resign as several ministers quit and over 80 MPs demand his departure

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Tensions are running high in Westminster as Keir Starmer has told his cabinet he’s not going anywhere. But with several ministers quitting the government, and more than 80 MPs calling for him to go, how much longer has he got? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar

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