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Last update: an hour agoLabour Revolt: Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after a wave of resignations and a growing revolt inside his own party. Housing minister Miatta Fahnbulleh became the first cabinet minister to quit, urging Starmer to “do the right thing” and set a timetable for an orderly transition. Leadership Math: Calls for Starmer to go have climbed to 81 Labour MPs—enough to trigger a contest under Labour rules only if a candidate can unite support, but not yet a formal challenge. Markets React: Investors are spooked: 30-year gilt yields jumped to the highest since 1998 and the pound slid as banks and the FTSE 100 fell on fears of a left-leaning successor and looser fiscal plans. Cabinet Crunch: Starmer is consulting colleagues ahead of a critical cabinet meeting, insisting no leadership process has been triggered and he won’t “walk away.” Foreign Policy Pressure: Separately, the UK and France are set to chair a defence ministers meeting on a Strait of Hormuz shipping mission after Iran warned against naval deployments.
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