Prime minister shows no indication of stepping down in speech to Labour staffpublished at 12:26 BST
12:26 BST
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
We have not heard from Keir Starmer for a few days now and he spent the weekend at Chequers at the end of a bruising week which has put his premiership in greater peril than ever before.
This morning, the prime minister visited Labour headquarters to thank party officials for their work in the local and national elections, and one key passage gives us a clue to what he will say when we next see him on camera.
He told the staff: “I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country.
“Delivering for the very many people who voted us into office, who are saying, ‘just get on with it, get on with the job, get on with the change that I need to see in my life’. And that is what I am going to be doing.”
In other words, he is not setting a timetable for his departure. All the signs from last week are that the prime minister intends to fight as hard as possible to stay in office, and that is continuing into this week for now.