(Alliance News) - A third UK minister has resigned from the government, criticising Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a lack of "bold, radical action" as she urged him to quit.
Alex Davies-Jones announced she was stepping down as victims minister, following Jess Phillips and Miatta Fahnbulleh out of the door.
Their exit piles significant pressure on the beleaguered Labour leader, who vowed to fight on at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
At least 82 out of Labour's 403 MPs have now demanded Starmer's departure after the party's electoral mauling last week.
In numerical terms, this is the threshold needed to trigger a leadership contest – but on the important condition that they all line up behind the same candidate, which is not the case at the moment.
In her resignation letter, Davies-Jones wrote: "It has been the honour of my life to serve His Majesty's Government as the Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls.
"I have been proud to deliver some monumental changes which will help save lives and shift the dial on the conversation.
"However, we have needed to do more and therefore it is with a very heavy heart that I feel I have no choice but to resign. The scale of the electoral defeats at the Senedd Cymru and across the UK have been catastrophic.
"The country has spoken and we must listen."
She added: "I know you to be a good and honest man. But in my heart are my constituents, the victims I have had the honour of working with every day, including the Hillsborough victims and their families, and all those who demand better of us."
It came shortly after Phillips stood down as safeguarding minister, denouncing the prime minister's failure to be "bold".
By Sophie Wingate and Nina Lloyd, Press Association Political Staff
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source: PA
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