Sir Keir Starmer is defying mounting calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his Cabinet that the country "expects us to get on with governing" and "that is what I am doing".The Prime Minister's woes deepened on Tuesday morning as the first minister resigned from his Government urging him to go, and as the number of Labour MPs telling him to set out a timetable for his departure grew to 75.

Sir Keir Starmer is defying mounting calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his Cabinet that the country "expects us to get on with governing" and "that is what I am doing".The Prime Minister's woes deepened on Tuesday morning as the first minister resigned from his Government urging him to go, and as the number of Labour MPs telling him to set out a timetable for his departure grew to 75.