Sir Keir Starmer is increasingly expected to announce that he will set out a timetable for his departure on Monday as pressure builds for him to resign.
Sir Keir is said to be spending the weekend discussing the matter with his family and considering his future at Chequers before making a final decision. But he has reportedly reached the conclusion that he cannot continue as Labour leader.
He issued a Father’s Day message on Sunday in his first words to the public since over 100 MPs called for his resignation.
“Being a dad is my greatest joy,” he wrote in a post on social media along with a picture of himself with his late father. “Today, I’m thinking about my dad, and the father I am to my children because of him. Happy Father’s Day.”
Sir Keir faces a “hard deadline” of Tuesday morning’s cabinet meeting to step down, insiders told The Independent’s David Maddox.
