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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 2024
challenge if he wins. Sir Keir would automatically be on the ballot paper if he chose to contest any leadership election, and earlier this week the prime minister told journalists he would stand
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
challenge for Streeting. While he is thought to be the candidate most ready for a leadership contest, he is on the right of the party, formerly close to Peter Mandelson and of the Blairite Progress
challenge, and think carefully about what the public has told us … The age of two party dominance is at an end and we will need to adjust to a world where multiple parties contend
2024 out of distaste for the Conservative government rather than on its own offer. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Blair said it had been clear since the election that Starmer had been elected because of the distaste
challenge Keir Starmer’s government faces in securing growth through a closer relationship with Europe, sources told the Guardian that EU officials rejected the idea – and instead suggested a customs union or economic alignment through
Starmer's leadership. Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, said he would seek permission to run for Labour in Makerfield after Labour MP Josh Simons said he would resign to make way for him. It came
2024](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/my-thoughts-about-the-city-have-changed-belfast-residents-consider-future-after-riots) when mobs smashed, burned and looted in the wake of the [Southport killings](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/05/why-people-rioting-across-england-how-many-involved). Some targeted a specific store owner, shouting: “Where is Mohammed?” Subsequently, [vigilante groups began “patrols
Keir Starmer is entering his own legacy period – not just tying up loose ends, but seeking to create impacts that last. The long-awaited [defence investment plan](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/07/uk-defence-investment-delays-damage-credibility-mps) is expected this week. Efforts
elections across England, Scotland and Wales, one of Starmer’s lesser-known MPs did her best to light the spark on a contest. If this was one of the more unpredictable weeks in recent
challenge. “I speak to a lot of my fellow MPs, of course I do, all the time, but also council leaders, and they’re sick and tired of all this psychodrama,” he said. “They want
Starmer... he's not done enough." He said he was sceptical of Burnham's motives, believing he was standing for election to "feather his own cap - hoping to get into Westminster". He also criticised
2024 general election and a key test for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The full picture will emerge later as most councils are not counting overnight and are due to announce results later on Friday
Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/tony-blair-labour-abandon-net-zero-support-donald-trump) is here to remind you. Several times. “I led the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party for 13 years and through three general
Keir Starmer may be relaxed about allowing millions from cryptocurrency billionaires to flow into Reform UK’s coffers but Labour MPs are tearing their hair out every time the quarterly data on electoral finance drops
Starmer to stand down, fuelling intense speculation the former health secretary was planning a bid to replace him as party leader. Streeting did not mount an immediate challenge following his resignation, but has since said
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-resignation-letter-what-he-said-and-what-he-meant) at lunchtime on Thursday. The NHS’s target for reducing patients’ waits for planned hospital treatment in England? “Surpassed … the biggest monthly drop outside of Covid since
challenge facing [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) was laid bare overnight as the party haemorrhaged councillors at the local elections and Reform made significant gains. Keir Starmer’s party went into Thursday’s local elections expected
Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on as prime minister despite [early results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales) in local elections that show his party suffering heavy losses, many at the hands of Nigel Farage’s Reform