Scottish labour leader calls for Keir Starmer's resignation over Mandelson scandal

Sarwar tells press conference: ‘The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer 

Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has called on Keir Starmer to stand down, throwing the British prime minister’s leadership of the country into serious peril.

At a hastily arranged press conference in Glasgow, the senior Labour politician said: “The distraction needs to end, and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.”