‘I’m not going to walk away’ - Keir Starmer vows not to quit amid ‘very tough’ local election results

Keir Starmer has declared he is “not going to walk away” after overseeing “very tough” local election results for the Labour Party.

The Prime Minister issued his first comments after what proved to be a bruising night for his party, losing ground to Nigel Farage’s Reform and others.

“Let me be clear, these are really tough results,” he said.

“The voters have sent a message about the pace of change, how they want their lives and those elected to meet those challenges and I'm not going to walk away from those issues and challenges.

“We have lost brilliant Labour representatives across the country, these are people who put so much into their communities, so much into our party.

“That hurts, and it should hurt, and I take responsibility,” Sir Keir said.

However, the Prime Minister insisted: “I'm not going to walk away from responsibility and plunge the country into chaos."

"It was a five year term I was elected to do and that's what I'm going to do.

“Tough days like this don't weaken my resolve to deliver the change that I promised... They strengthen my resolve to do so,” Sir Keir declared.

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