Keir Starmer challenged his critics to oust him yesterday and refused to resign despite a growing contingent of ministers and MPs calling for his head.
He gathered his Cabinet ministers around the table at No 10 for what was expected to be a high-stakes meeting, with some of his closest allies ready to tell him his time was up.
But the Prime Minister instead defied the threat of rebellion and insisted that because no leadership contest had been formally triggered, he would not be going anywhere.
A spokesman said Sir Keir had played down the crisis in his premiership and told ministers: ‘The
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