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Starmer under pressure as MP threatens leadership challengepublished at 06:56 BST
Watch: Catherine West challenges Keir Starmer
Challenge Starmer by Monday, or I will – that’s the ultimatum Labour MP Catherine West issued to Keir Starmer’s cabinet yesterday.
If a minister doesn’t make a move, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest herself, she said yesterday.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, she said her preferred option was for the cabinet to put forward their “best communicator” to replace Starmer, avoiding a leadership election.
If they don’t do that by Monday, she will seek the support of 81 Labour MPs – the number needed to challenge Starmer as leader.
West, a former junior Foreign Office minister, said she already had 10 MPs prepared to back her, but she was “confident” enough people would come forward to trigger a contest.
This morning, West is speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg from 09:00 BST, alongside Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, shadow housing secretary James Cleverly, Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iowerth.
You’ll be able to watch live on this page – and our writers will being you all the key lines and analysis.
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