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Four Labour ministers, including Jess Phillips, resign from Starmer's government

Four Labour ministers — Jess Phillips, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Alex Davies-Jones and Zubir Ahmed — resigned, citing loss of confidence in Keir Starmer’s leadership and urging an orderly transition.

Four ministers — including the government safeguarding minister Jess Phillips — have resigned citing loss of confidence in leadership and a failure to move quickly on reforms they see as urgent.

Ministers referenced past triggers for action such as the Mandelson saga and criticised the reluctance of Number 10 to pick fights with tech companies or use bold measures on child safety despite plans linked to Violence Against Women and Girls prevention.

Resignations from ministers responsible for devolution and local programmes — who touted achievements like the Pride in Place Programme and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act — framed the crisis as one of lost public trust after electoral setbacks in places such as Senedd Cymru.

Clinical and health policy concerns were also cited: Dr Zubir Ahmed highlighted work on the NHS online hospital and on patient harms from valproate and pelvic mesh, but said those advances were being undermined by what he described as a lack of values‑driven leadership, and all four urged Sir Keir Starmer to set an orderly timetable for leadership transition amid poor polling and voting outcomes that benefited the SNP.

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Starmer Critics in Labour

These resignations are a necessary shock to expose the failure of Starmer’s leadership and should be the catalyst for an orderly change at the top.

Starmer Loyalists

The resignations are regrettable but not a justification for forcing out Starmer, who remains the most credible figure to lead Labour and provide stability.

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