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Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel “bitterly let down”, the education secretary, [Bridget Phillipson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/bridget-phillipson), has said. Phillipson said [Labour

Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates

Keir Starmer gives a speech in London in a bid to secure his premiership following devastating election losses for his Labour Party [Carl Court/Getty Images] ## Who could Starmer’s main challengers be? To trigger

Labour MPs say ‘endless drama’ of leadership speculation must stop

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer). Some backbenchers warned that repeated briefings about how and when the prime minister could be toppled were putting off voters, who similarly had disliked the Conservatives’ repeated shuffling of leaders

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Starmer is to promise bolder action to tackle "big challenges" facing the country, as he battles to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader. The prime minister will seek to reset

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the May elections and the scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

challengers to Keir Starmer The prime minister's political future hangs in the balance, with his home secretary, a handful of ministers and more than 80 MPs calling on him to go, if not immediately

At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

Starmer is holding a crucial cabinet meeting as he fights to stay on as prime minister, less than two years after leading Labour to a landslide election win. It comes amid a revolt among Labour

UK borrowing costs fall and pound rises as Starmer says he will remain as PM

Keir Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-local-election-losses-labour) despite the Labour party losing hundreds of council seats across England. Investors calculated that some of the intense pressure on Starmer’s leadership

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

Keir Starmer is set to face his cabinet as more than 80 Labour MPs have called for him to resign, following the party’s devastating local elections losses last week. The cabinet is said

Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech

Keir Starmer has said he will prove his doubters wrong as he warned Labour was facing “very dangerous opponents” in a make-or-break speech, with leadership rivals on the brink of a challenge. Starmer

UK borrowing costs hit highest for 18 years as uncertainty over PM continues

Starmer. The effective interest rate on borrowing over 10 years briefly hit 5.13%, near levels last seen during the 2008 global financial crisis. Financial markets have been on edge due to fears higher oil prices

Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

Keir said in his speech that incremental change won’t cut it. But we’ve been in power almost two years. If he really understood the scale of response needed, he’d have talked about

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

challenges facing the country – as its MPs grapple with how to navigate the fallout out from the local elections. [Lucy Powell](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lucy-powell) told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency

Could Starmer bring back Rayner to steady ship – and would she get onboard?

Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a81d3959efd2be33393a45aa91ba4fd4288620f/646_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer, Rayner and Andy Burnham on a visit to a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne on 13 April. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters The idea has, however, been

Catherine West backs down from Starmer challenge but urges him to go by September

Keir Starmer’s leadership, has changed course and said she instead wants the prime minister to set a timetable of September for his departure. West, the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet and a former

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

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

Starmer? The former minister Catherine West's interview with Radio 4's PM programme immediately raised eyebrows around Westminster. Plenty of Labour MPs from across the party have told us they didn

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) will not survive as Labour leader for long enough to fight the next election. What they cannot agree on, however – even after a disastrous set of results in this week

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is facing increasing pressure to set a date for his departure after elections across much of the country resulted in massive losses for his ruling Labour party. With

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

Keir Starmer is likely to face a leadership challenge amid calls from parliamentarians for him to step down following the Labour Party’s stunning loss in local elections. Backbencher Labour MP Catherine West urged cabinet