UK Newspapers Report Cabinet Pressure on Labour Leader to Resign

All UK national newspapers on Tuesday dedicated their front pages to the future of the Labour leader's position following a speech delivered on Monday. The Times reported that nearly 80 Labour MPs have publicly stated it is time for him to go, including at least three senior Cabinet ministers.

Sources told the paper that the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary have pressed the leader to set out a timeline for his departure. The Daily Telegraph reported that four ministerial aides were among 76 Labour MPs calling for the leader's resignation and that they have already quit the government.

The Guardian reported that the leader's grip on power appeared to be slipping and that at least two Cabinet ministers have discussed with him how to take a responsible, dignified and orderly approach to what might follow. At least two more Cabinet ministers were urging him to continue in his role, according to the same report.

The Daily Express reported that the leader was teetering on the edge on Monday evening and that the former deputy prime minister and the health secretary are both ready to launch leadership bids as soon as Tuesday. The Sun reported that the leader's premiership is in freefall after he faced open mutiny from his Cabinet on Monday evening.

The i Paper reported open revolt against the leader within the Labour Party and noted that his speech on Monday failed to stop the rebellion spreading through Labour ranks.

The Mirror reported that rebels within the party have turned on the leader. A source from No 10 told the paper that they do not think he is coming back from this situation. The Daily Mail reported that Cabinet ministers have told the leader it is time to go and carried a photograph of him delivering what it described as his last-ditch fightback speech on Monday.

The Financial Times reported that the leader has promised to fight any bids to remove him and that he said Britons would never forgive the Labour Party if it engaged in the chaos of a leadership contest. The prime minister is finalising Tuesday's King's Speech in which the monarch is expected to set out 30 bills showing the government's priorities for the year ahead.

His allies hope that the package will help him regain momentum, the Financial Times reported. The Metro reported that the leader is looking at British Steel after he promised in his speech on Monday to bring forward legislation this week to take full ownership of the company.