Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Starmer vows he won't resign as Labour hit by 'really tough' local election results London Mayor Sadiq Khan has issued a lengthy statement calling for a change of direction for Labour, and pointedly did not endorse leader Sir Keir Starmer . This follows losses for the party across London in the local elections . The Green Party secured mayoralties in Hackney, Lewisham, and Waltham Forest, while the Conservatives reclaimed Westminster City Council. Reform UK also gained Havering. Sir Sadiq reflected on the “bitterly disappointing” results for Labour in the capital, adding that they “speak to a far-reaching disillusionment and fracturing in our politics, which cannot be downplayed, spun or dismissed”.…