Sri Lanka, May 12 -- Jess Phillips has quit her role in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government saying she has not seen "the change I and the country expect".

Sky News has reported Phillips has stepped down from her role as safeguarding minister.

In a letter to British Prime Minister Starmer, she said: "I know you care deeply, but deeds, not words are what matter. "

It is the most high-profile call for Starmer's resignation so far after the Prime Minister vowed to fight on during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.

In a lengthy letter, she wrote: "I think you are a good man fundamentally, who cares about the right things, however I have seen first-hand how that is not enough.

"The desire not to have an argument means we rarely mak...