Search

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

losses across councils in England, Sarwar confirmed he is sticking by his February [call for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o). He said: "I said what I said back in February

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

Party to do the same." Any challenger wanting to trigger a leadership contest must be an MP and have the backing of 81 Labour MPs. Streeting has confirmed he would enter any potential contest

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

Political parties make final pitches ahead of key elections

losses to Reform UK and the Green Party candidates. The results will determine who runs vital public services such as schools, social care, rubbish collection, transport. But they could also indicate how voters feel about

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Keir 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

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

Starmer yet Labour is trailing in the polls and the prime minister's personal ratings have plumbed the depths. The party is facing losses in forthcoming elections: losing control of Wales, shedding councillors in England

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

losses for Labour Labour is on track for its worst local election performance, data analysed by the Guardian shows, in a blow that will pile further pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership. Barring a drastic

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly [bad for Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-reform-uk-england-local-elections-2026-scotland-wales), with [Reform making sweeping gains

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Keir Starmer and his team are waiting so nervously for the results of next week's council elections in London is that it represents Labour's new heartland. One in seven Labour MPs represents constituencies

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

Party insiders were closely watching councils including Lambeth, Lewisham and Haringey. Despite Labour’s losses, allies of Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham, two of Starmer’s potential leadership rivals, said they would keep their counsel

Chris Mason: PM confronts his most difficult day as party revolts

party revolts This morning, Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet is split on the most fundamental political question a government's top table of ministers can ever wrestle with: whether the prime minister should carry

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

Starmer has insisted he will not quit as prime minister and "plunge the country into chaos", as Labour reels from significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure

Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace

Keir Starmer has now allowed 26 of them – 15 Tories, two Labour and nine crossbenchers – to return as long as they give up their family titles and assume new ones as life peers. This apparent

Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live

losses and ‘nervous breakdown’ this is bad news for Sir Keir and Labour. > > **Reform** will be biggest gainer from both Labour and Conservatives, overwhelmingly outside London. They will **gain 1550** seats > > Will their national equivalent

Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

party. Starmer took responsibility after [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) **lost hundreds of councillors in England and suffered humiliation in Wales,** but he made clear that he would not quit, saying **“tough days like this

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

losses to the country. While 75% said they would be willing to pay more tax to ensure “the social, cultural, and economic attributes” that make them proud to live in the UK are properly funded

Mandelson criticised Starmer’s lack of ‘verve’ and tendency to buckle under pressure

party base than to the public who are crying out for leadership.” In another exchange two days later, Mandelson said Brown was trying to undermine Starmer – but suggested he knew key figures on the soft

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

party’s lack of experience when it comes to governance, something which could be tested should they find themselves in charge of the council’s £3.5bn budget. A spokesperson for Reform said

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/karl-turner-former-labour-mp-calls-starmer-face-commons-committee-mandelson-vetting), and the wider Labour party, and would be likely to amplify already loud calls for him to resign. Separatists in office in all three devolved nations for the first time

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