Cabinet minister breaks ranks: Heidi Alexander demands Starmer set departure timeline

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander called publicly on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to set a timetable for leaving office on 19 June, the first Cabinet minister to do so. Alexander's move breaks convention; Cabinet ministers normally resign before opposing the Prime Minister publicly. Her intervention sharpens pressure after 72 Labour MPs previously called for Starmer's resignation following local election defeats.