Four Government aides have resigned as they joined scores of Labour MPs calling for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down following a disastrous set of local election results.Joe Morris, a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Tom Rutland, a PPS to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds, urged the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for his departure as they quit.

Four Government aides have resigned as they joined scores of Labour MPs calling for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down following a disastrous set of local election results.Joe Morris, a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Tom Rutland, a PPS to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds, urged the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for his departure as they quit.