{"id":342999,"date":"2026-05-12T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/prime-minister-standing-firm-as-more-ministers-quit-over-his-leadership\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:00:32","slug":"prime-minister-standing-firm-as-more-ministers-quit-over-his-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/prime-minister-standing-firm-as-more-ministers-quit-over-his-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister standing firm as more ministers quit over his leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tluddiM2oR8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister standing firm as more ministers quit over his leadership\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tluddiM2oR8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips resigned from Cabinet on Tuesday, becoming the most senior minister to step away from the prime minister, who has so far vowed to stay in post.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips&#8217; departure was shortly followed by the minister for victims and violence against women and girls, Alex Davies-Jones and later by health minister Zubir Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>Junior devolution minister Miatta Fahnbulleh became the first government minister to resign on Tuesday and ask the PM to set out a departure timetable.<\/p>\n<p>But the Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, has warned that &quot;navel-gazing&quot; within the Labour Party will benefit Nigel Farage&#8217;s Reform UK as the Labour party grows more divided.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips resigned from Cabinet on Tuesday, becoming the most senior minister to step away from the prime minister, who has so far vowed to stay in post. 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