U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejects mounting calls to resign

London - British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted Tuesday that he will "get on with governing," rejecting growing calls from within his own party for him to step aside, which have been intensified by multiple resignations from his cabinet. In the wake of disastrous results in local elections last week, a fifth of all members of the U.K. Parliament from Starmer's own Labour Party have now called on him to step down, and four members of his cabinet resigned Tuesday in an effort to force him to quit. Jess Phillips, the national minister for safeguarding; Alex Davies-Jones, minister for victims and tackling violence against women and girls; Zubir Ahmed, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety; and Miatta Fahnbulleh, minister for devolution, faith and communities, all announced their resignations on Tuesday. "People are crying out" for change, Fahnbulleh wrote in her resignation letter to the prime minister. "The public does not believe that you can lead this change – and nor do I." CBS News' partner network BBC reported Tuesday that more ministerial resignations are expected in the coming days. On Monday, six lower-ranking ministerial aides quit, and several senior members of Starmer's governing cabinet urged him to set out a plan for his resignation and to hold a party leadership contest, according to The Guardian newspaper. …