Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – ask it happened

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:43:42 +0000

Originally published by The Guardian Politics

Labour MP Catherine West said she will seek to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not launch a challenge to the prime minister by Monday.

West, previously a junior Foreign Office minister, said that if no leadership hopeful makes it known that the cabinet will seek to removeKeir Starmer, she will try to get the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest.

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Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – ask it happened