Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to 'get on with governing' while under pressure to leave job

The UK's Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has told his cabinet that he will "get on with governing", despite pressure from some of his team to step down from his job.

He has been under pressure because the Labour Party - the political party he is the leader of - had bad results in the recent Welsh and Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in England.

In a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning he asked the MPs gathered to support him, and told them that he would "take responsibility for these election results".

But said, that discussions about a possible change in leader "have been destabilising for government" and affected the UK's economy.

The prime minister also made clear that the process that would need to take place for challenging him as party leader, had not been triggered.

This means he will carry on as leader unless something else changes.

Many of the cabinet members leaving the meeting with Keir Starmer told journalists that they were continuing to back him, but others didn't want to say anything and it's not clear if they support him or not.

So far four government ministers - Jess Phillips, Alex Davies-Jones, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Zubir Ahmed - have resigned, saying they will leave their jobs in the government because they don't support the prime minister.

But across the Labour Party's 403 MPs there is split opinion over whether he should stay or go.

While more than 80 MPs have urged Keir Starmer to quit immediately or draw up a timetable to leave, the BBC has also been told that more than 100 MPs have signed a statement saying: "This is no time for a leadership contest", and urging colleagues to "focus" on the job.

No MP has yet launched a formal bid to challenge Keir Starmer.