Government aide quits as scores of MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation

A Government aide has resigned as he joined more than 50 Labour MPs calling for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down after a disastrous set of local election results.

Tom Rutland, a parliamentary private secretary (PPS), said the Prime Minister had “lost authority” and should “set out a timetable for his departure”.

Joe Morris, a PPS to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Sally Jameson, a PPS at the Home Office, have also called for Sir Keir to resign.

Some 56 Labour MPs have called on the Prime Minister to go.