The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said the prime minister Keir Starmer will not have resigned by the school summer holidays, despite a major challenge to his leadership after the local election results.
“He was very clear with the cabinet on Tuesday, that if people want to challenge him there is a process for doing that, there is a way to trigger a leadership contest,” Nandy said. “Nobody has done that yet, despite the absolute feverish speculation.
“Most of it has turned out to be just froth and nonsense. We have got to get on with the job.”
