Wolves circle around Starmer as fallout from Labour election 'disaster' continues: Live updates

A Labour mutiny is gathering pace after the party's disaster local election results - with dozens of MPs mounting pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to resign. The Prime Minister today vowed to stay in his role for another eight years, insisting he is at the beginning of a '10-year-project of renewal'. In a desperate bid to save his premiership he wheeled out Labour veterans Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman back into government yesterday. Backbencher Catherine West threatened to launch a 'stalking horse' leadership bid in the morning unless the Cabinet acted - with No10 nervous anger is so great she could get the 81 nominations required to spark a vote. It follows Labour's loss of more than 1,100 English council seats this week as Reform and the Greens seized huge chunks of the party's heartlands. Everyone is wondering whether Labour backbencher Catherine West will get the backing of the 81 MPs needed to force a leadership vote. In a bombshell intervention last night, Ms West hatched a plan to oust the Prime Minister by putting herself forward as a 'stalking horse' candidate. Running for the Labour Party leadership with little to no chance of winning, she hopes to test the waters for another, stronger challenger. The plot has divided opinion within the party but Downing Street sources appear to be adamant Ms West won't get the 81 signatories required to challenge Sir Keir. Ms West revealed she will go public with a leadership coup on Monday if the Cabinet hasn't moved against the Prime Minister by her deadline. Sir Keir Starmer has made an astonishing new vow today in the aftermath of this week's 'disaster' local elections. The premier has assured everyone he will be leading the Labour party for another eight years. You can read the full report by UK political editor James Tapsfield below. Good morning on what promises to be an eventful Sunday. Tune in as we follow all the latest developments around the Prime Minister's premiership - after he was accused of 'plunging the country into chaos' with a series of nightmare local election results. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.