The Latest: Starmer fights for political survival as calls for his resignation grow in UK

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"U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down Tuesday on his resolve to stay in office, despite calls to step down. Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses that his center-left Labour Party suffered in last week's local elections across the U.K., but he would fight on. Starmer said there's a process to oust a leader and that hadn't been triggered."

"The country expects us to get on with governing, he said. That is what I am doing and what we must do. In a blow to Starmer, a junior minister became the first member of his government to quit. Dozens of Labour lawmakers are calling on Starmer to resign, with a resignation announcement possibly coming after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday."

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