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MP threatens to challenge UK PM Starmer after local election defeat
Key takeaways
- West said she would only throw her hat into the ring if no other contenders did so.
- Despite substantial defeats in local elections across the country, Starmer has said was not "going to walk away from this".
- Sir Kier's Labour Party recorded the worst losses of a governing party in municipal polls since 1995, prompting a growing number of his own lawmakers to call on him to quit.
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West said she would only throw her hat into the ring if no other contenders did so.
Despite substantial defeats in local elections across the country, Starmer has said was not "going to walk away from this".
Link copiedShareShare articleUK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, reeling from crushing local election defeats, is facing a new setback to his leadership after a former minister said she would challenge him for the top job if no-one else stepped forward.
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