A Cumbrian MP has called for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign.
Markus Campbell-Savours, who represents Penrith & Solway, is among over 40 Labour backbenchers calling for his resignation.
MPs are concerned about their party’s heavy losses in the council elections last week across the country.
Sir Keir has vowed to prove his doubters wrong in a speech and an imminent threat to trigger a leadership challenge led by Catherine West has been averted, but the MP is still calling for him to step down.
Mr Campbell-Savours issued a statement this afternoon about Sir Keir.
He said: “I have listened carefully to the Prime Minister’s speech.
“Sir Keir Starmer is a decent, principled, and kind man. But his leadership is not working, and it is with genuine regret that I say so.
“His position is now untenable, and colleagues should have the courage to say publicly what many have said privately for months.
“Loyalty matters. Loyalty to him, to the party and to each other.
“But today loyalty lies with our elected members across the country and with the 1,500 who lost their seats last week.
“It does not lie in maintaining a course that is not commanding confidence.
“What the party needs now is leadership with a credible vision for the country, a clear sense of direction, purpose, and ambition.
“Those skills exist within our ranks, and I am confident we can find a leader who has them.”
