New Delhi, May 18 -- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will not set out a timetable for his departure from Downing Street, his deputy David Lammy said on Monday, 18 May.

"There will be no timetable for departure," Lammy told Sky News as Starmer faces a major political crisis amid growing clamour from within his own party to resign following recent local election losses.

Starmer also met with a series of high-profile cabinet resignations-including Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

Starmer has, however, defied calls to step down in recent days, after nearly 90 of his own MPs urged him to go and five ministers resigned, according to a BBC report

The possibility of a challenge from the left-leaning Andy Burnham has deepened the crisis for Star...