A third minister has resigned from the Government, criticising Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for a lack of “bold, radical action” as she urged him to quit.
Alex Davies-Jones announced she was stepping down as victims minister, following Jess Phillips and Miatta Fahnbulleh out of the door.
At least 82 out of Labour’s 403 MPs have now demanded Sir Keir’s departure after the party’s electoral mauling last week.
In numerical terms, this is above the threshold needed to trigger a leadership contest – but on the important condition that they all line up behind the same candidate, which is not the case at the moment.
In her resignation letter, Ms Davies-Jones wrote “we have needed to do more” on tackling violence against women and girls and “I feel I have no choice but to resign”. “The scale of the electoral defeats at the Senedd Cymru and across the United Kingdom have been catastrophic. The country has spoken and we must listen.”
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A third minister has resigned from the Government, criticising Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for a lack of “bold, radical action” as she urged him to quit.
Alex Davies-Jones announced she was stepping down as victims minister, following Jess Phillips and Miatta Fahnbulleh out of the door.
At least 82 out of Labour’s 403 MPs have now demanded Sir Keir’s departure after the party’s electoral mauling last week.
In numerical terms, this is above the threshold needed to trigger a leadership contest – but on the important condition that they all line up behind the same candidate, which is not the case at the moment.
In her resignation letter, Ms Davies-Jones wrote “we have needed to do more” on tackling violence against women and girls and “I feel I have no choice but to resign”. “The scale of the electoral defeats at the Senedd Cymru and across the United Kingdom have been catastrophic. The country has spoken and we must listen.”