Sir Keir Starmer was forced to admit to Cabinet ministers he had been let down by Lord Peter Mandelson as the handling of the peer’s sacking as US ambassador continued to fuel a “mutiny” by Labour MPs .

The Prime Minister did not apologise to senior ministers for the scandal as they met on Tuesday morning, but was forced to address the botched sacking, which plunged his leadership into fresh turmoil as Labour insiders continued to question his leadership .

Despite attempting to draw a line under the affair at Cabinet, Starmer was struggling to recover amid growing questions in Labour ranks about whether he should be replaced as Prime Minister. New Feature

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