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Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

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Keir Starmer has told his cabinet he will not resign as prime minister, saying the threshold for a leadership challenge has not been met. The Guardian understands no cabinet minister called directly on the prime minister to resign during Tuesday’s meeting. In comments that effectively dared the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, Starmer said he intended to get on with governing. “As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these election results and I take responsibility for delivering the change we promised,” he told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning. “The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government and that has a real economic cost for our country and for 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.…

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