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Keir Starmer Faces Crucial Cabinet Meeting Under Siege as Calls Grow to Quit

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Morning, I’m Louise Moon from Bloomberg UK’s breaking news team, bringing you up to speed on today’s top business stories.

It’s crunch time. Keir Starmer faces a crucial Cabinet meeting this morning as pressure grows for him to call it quits, including from allies. More than 70 of Labour’s 403 MPs have now called on the PM to set out a timetable for his departure in the wake of last week’s bruising local elections.