New Delhi, May 15 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership is on the rocks after his Labour Party suffered heavy defeats in local elections last week.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday became the first Cabinet member to resign though he didn't immediately launch his widely expected bid to oust Starmer.

The election beating may have been the final straw for a leader already tainted by his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to Washington despite the veteran politician's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

More than 90 Labour lawmakers have called for Starmer to step down and make way for a contest to pick a new leader, who would take over as prime minister, and several junior ministers have quit.

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