Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attempt to move on from speculation about his future in No 10 after surviving renewed calls for his resignation from members of his party. The public display of Cabinet support came after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar urged him to quit amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson scandal. The lack of a concerted effort by MPs to depose Mr Starmer suggests the immediate danger may have passed. His chief of staff,Morgan McSweeney and communications chief Tim Allan have already departed as Mr Starmer seeks to revive his fortunes after a bruising start to 2026. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, writing in the Daily Telegraph, said Mr Starmer should resign as he had “proved incapable of doing the things a prime minister needs to do”.

Source: Irish Examiner February 10, 2026 17:33 UTC