Personal decision for Starmer on whether to fight leadership contest, minister says

Tamara Ceaikovski

It is a "personal decision" for Sir Keir Starmer whether he chooses to fight any potential leadership contest, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said. She told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Sir Keir had "shown before that he's up for a fight" and "I wouldn't write off the prime minister". The PM has defied calls to step down in recent days, after nearly 90 of his own MPs urged him to go and five ministers resigned. Nandy also voiced her support for Andy Burnham to be "back in