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‘Hold the line’: Burnham tells allies in parliament he still has options to return

leadership race would move too fast for the mayor, with [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) expected to start an accelerated process this week. “It’s a big shit cocktail. We’re all doomed,” they said

Chris Mason: Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party

party's dissent. Or so we thought. It turns out we didn't have to wait to find out if the Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would be returning to Westminster before the bubbles

Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield

Starmer has said he will be out campaigning for potential Labour leadership rival Andy Burnham ahead of the Makerfield by-election. Sir Keir said Labour needed to "all pull together and fight

Chris Mason: Why a coffee is overshadowing the King's Speech

Keir Starmer to cabinet ministers after Tuesday's cabinet meeting and an offer Streeting took up. It was a very short meeting - under 20 minutes - and we may not know what happened in Number

UK may be ‘tipped into a general election’ if Burnham replaces Starmer, says Harman

Keir Starmer’s mandate. And if he were to have a big surge in the polls, he might think that in that case, he should go for a general election.” “We might find ourselves

Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) would fight him if he did. He was on the brink of utter humiliation. He knows which way the wind is blowing and it is blowing towards Manchester. In order

‘We’re not making it up’: UK political chaos is not media’s fault, say journalists

Labour’s May election results. It has led to accusations that political reporting has become obsessed with infighting and chaos, treating the coverage of politics as a form of social media entertainment. However, journalists told

Burnham accuses Blair of ignoring inequality as he hits back at ex-PM

Starmer for the Labour leadership if he wins a by-election later this month, [told the Observer](https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/andy-burnham-slams-tony-blair-for-ignoring-inequality-in-his-defence-of-radical-centre) Sir Tony "doesn't mention inequality once" in his critique of where the Labour government

Andy Burnham’s change in tack on fiscal rules and bond markets is understandable

Keir Starmer as prime minister: a tricky byelection, a leadership contest that is yet to be declared, and a far from constructive bond market backdrop. In making his pitch, assuaging City investors in particular

Talk of Starmer staying on to fight is fading - fast

Keir Starmer fighting is fading, his exit seems more likely as the weekend goes on. The prime minister is at his country retreat, Chequers, spending time with his wife. The man coming

What did Keir Starmer say in ‘last chance’ speech to save his premiership?

Keir Starmer’s speech and press conference on Monday morning was almost universally billed as his final chance to save his premiership. Was it enough? And what – if anything – did he actually offer

Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader

Keir Starmer to resign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o). He said: "I said what I said back in February, I am not recoiling from that." With renewed calls in Labour for Starmer to go, Sarwar said

Labour campaigners in Makerfield fear their sheer numbers may annoy voters

Keir Starmer as prime minister. Some MPs and ministers arriving to campaign in the constituency over the past week are said to have sometimes been taken aback that there is little public-facing for them

Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens

Starmer over funding for the military. Al Carns resigned on Thursday evening, writing to Sir Keir to tell him the government's defence investment plan (DIP) was "neither transformative enough nor sufficiently funded". It came

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected to deliver Labour their

Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say

Keir Starmer, whom Burnham has pledged to challenge if elected, but also the viability of the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party as a whole. The prime minister spent the weekend at Chequers considering his political

Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday

Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for [Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) to become Labour leader

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

Keir Starmer under under [concerted pressure](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit) to stand down, the groups are two of a number of Labour-linked organisations that have proposed radical measures as they try to influence the thinking

Cracks showing for Labour close to back yards of Starmer’s top team

Keir Starmer hates to lose. Unsurprisingly, he refused to walk away and end his premiership as Labour’s local election losses began to trickle in on Friday morning. Upon entering Downing Street in July

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage and the Greens’ [Zack Polanski](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/zack-polanski) were “not fit to meet this moment