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Posted on February 9, 2026
1 min readLast updated: February 9, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleUK Deputy PM Lammy and Minister Reed back Starmer amid leadership pressure. Despite calls for resignation, they urge focus on changing Britain.
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and housing minister Steve Reed both pledged their support publicly for Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, after the leader of the Scottish Labour Party called on him to resign.
There is mounting pressure on Starmer's leadership in the wake of the Mandelson-Epstein scandal, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar became the most senior Labour politician to oppose Starmer.
But Lammy and Reed said Starmer should stay the course.
"We should let nothing distract us from our mission to change Britain and we support the Prime Minister in doing that," Lammy said on X.
Reed said on X that Starmer had led the party to victory in the 2024 election, adding "We need to stay the course".
(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; writing by Sarah Young; editing by William James and David Milliken)
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