India, May 13 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer came out fighting for his job on Tuesday amid a brewing rebellion in his ranks, with a chunk of ministers calling for him to set out a timetable for a leadership change.

Starmer remained defiant during a crunch Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, telling his team that he intends to "get on with governing" as he tries to move on from the Labour Party's disastrous local election under his watch.

Even as pressure mounted further with the resignation of a lesser-known junior housing minister, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Starmer was adamant that the required threshold of 20 per cent MPs to challenge the Labour leader had not been met.

"As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these electio...