Labour MP calls for cabinet members to challenge Starmer's leadership Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour into the next general election and said closer ties with Europe will be at the heart of his response to disastrous local election results as one of his own MPs told cabinet ministers to challenge him in a leadership contest by Monday, warning that if they fail to do so, she will. Catherine West MP said the cabinet should “reorganise themselves” and, to avoid a contest, put forward their “best communicator” to replace the prime minister. She told The Independent : “We need to tool up for this, because it’s going to be the fight of our life. We need to take on Reform and put forward a centrist vision of the country that people can really get behind.” The prime minister told the Sunday Mirror that he would be “full-throated” about the need for closer ties with Brussels and said he would attempt to continue with his 10-year project of “national renewal”, vowing not to walk away.…