UK’s Starmer Doubles Down on Pledge to Stay in Office as Pressure Mounts

The prime minister held a crunch meeting with ministers as more than 80 Labour lawmakers called for his resignation following local election results.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pauses as he delivers a speech, at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre in Waterloo, London, on May 11, 2026. James Manning/PA via AP

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down on his resolve to stay in office on March 12 despite growing calls from his own party to resign following local election results.

At a meeting of his cabinet, Starmer told ministers that he took full responsibility for devastating losses for the center-left Labour Party in last week’s local elections across the UK and said he intended to fight on.