Scottish Labour Leader, Anas Sarwar, calls for Keir Starmer to step down – As it happened

Sarwar described the stepping down of Starmer's key officials as a 'distraction' at a press conference and said that the leadership at Downing Street must change.

Keir Starmer in front of 10 Downing St last week. Credit: AP Photo/Alastair Grant - Associated Press

The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has called for Keir Starmer to step down as Prime Minister
It comes after more calls from various political figures, including leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski, for the PM to stand down due to party links with Mandelson and Epstein
Starmer’s executive director of communications Tim Allan resigned this morning, a day after Morgan McSweeney quit as the PM’s chief of staff
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Starmer’s position as PM is “untenable” after McSweeney’s resignation.
Morgan McSweeney resigned amid backlash for advising the PM to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador
Peter Mandelson was accused of passing sensitive information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while in government