Starmer has suffered two new departures from his government team amidst the internal crisis within the British Labour Party.

The British Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Miatta Fahnbulleh. REUTERS/Chris Radburn. British Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Miatta Fahnbulleh, resigned this Tuesday in disagreement with the management of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whom she urged to "do the right thing" for the United Kingdom and establish a timetable for his departure from power. This is the first significant resignation in Starmer's government, which is facing strong pressure from more than 70 Labour MPs who are calling for him to resign immediately or set a date for his departure from the government, following the electoral debacle suffered by the party last Thursday. The Prime Minister is facing a critical government meeting today amid discontent within the Labour ranks over the setback suffered by the party in the local elections in England and the regional elections in Scotland and Wales. In her resignation letter, released to the media, the Secretary of State expresses her pride in the work done in the government and states that it has been "a privilege to be part of a government that is working hard at all levels to achieve the change that our country needs." British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, leaves number 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons to attend the Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session. "While progress has been made, we have not acted with the vision, pace and ambition that our mandate for change demands. We have also not governed as a Labour Party with clear values and firm convictions," the politician added. Among the mistakes of the Executive, Fahnbulleh mentioned the cut in fuel subsidies for pensioners or people with disabilities, issues that "have raised doubts in many of my constituents about our mission." "The message I received was clear: You, Prime Minister, have lost the trust of the people. Our country faces enormous challenges and people are clamoring for the magnitude of change that this requires," she added. "The people do not believe that you can lead this change, and neither do I. Therefore, I urge you to do the right thing for the country and the party, and establish a timetable for an orderly transition, so that a new team can carry out the change we promised to the country," she emphasized in her letter. The cut in fuel subsidies for pensioners and people with disabilities, according to Fahnbulleh, undermined the trust of her constituents in Starmer's government. A second Secretary of State in the British government resigned this Tuesday, increasing the pressure on the Labour Party for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down after the municipal and regional election fiasco. "I cannot continue to serve as Secretary of State under the current leadership," writes Jess Phillips, in charge of combating gender-based violence, in a letter published by Sky News and addressed to Keir Starmer. At least 80 Labour MPs have openly called for Starmer to resign, while the Foreign and Interior Ministers, Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood, respectively, have called on the Prime Minister to establish an orderly transfer of power, according to a report today in The Guardian. The BBC has already reported that Starmer's initial reaction at his government meeting was that he rules out resigning at this time, despite the enormous pressure he is facing within his own party. (with information from EFE)