British foreign secretary tells Starmer to step down: media

LONDON, June 21– British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has told Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down, British media reported on Sunday. Cooper, one of Starmer’s most senior ministers, is understood to have delivered the message to Starmer privately over the weekend, according to Sky News.

In addition, British Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander urged Starmer to set a timetable for his departure on Friday, saying it would be in the interests of the country and the Labour Party for him to step aside to allow an orderly transition to a new leader, according to Financial Times, quoting “several government members.”