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Keir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential [Labour leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner position themselves for a contest. 2. ***Iran
Starmer's speech. Was it enough to avert a challenge to the prime minister's leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory? In the first instance, the person whose
Keir Starmer’s leadership for the party’s perilous position in the polls. “I think leadership is more than one person,” Kyle said. “If you’re running a country, leadership is a government-wide affair
Starmer as prime minister, but neither have confirmed whether they would trigger such a contest. Streeting told the BBC he had the backing of the 81 Labour MPs he would need in order to launch
Keir Starmer, on Tuesday said he would act “very, very quickly” despite splits between campaigners and child safety experts on what the new rules should be. New limits on social media access for children could
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 at prime minister’s questions this week by the independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohamed. Starmer said the work would be undertaken by another team as part of a restructuring. However
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
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
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
Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life. I spoke to him twice yesterday. He has a strength of character, a fighting experience. There will be no timetables. “What there
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’s grip on power appeared to be fading, the Greater Manchester mayor suggested at the weekend that the renationalisation of water and energy would form part of his policy agenda should he become
challenge Sir Keir 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
challenge but merrily carrying on a campaign to win the membership’s hearts, including a decidedly leftwing plan for higher wealth taxes. All of them are potential contenders in a leadership contest that does
Keir Starmer faced a threat to his leadership, his core team [assembled in the cabinet room](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/how-the-downing-street-machine-ensured-starmer-survived-to-fight-another-day) and persuaded ministers to fire off a succession of supportive tweets in an attempt to keep
challenge in January. There was widespread anger among [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs and union backers after the 10-strong “officers’ group” of the party’s ruling body, including the prime minister, voted overwhelmingly
Keir Starmer to quit as prime minister. It had been expected he would launch a formal leadership challenge, but he seemingly failed to get the necessary support from 80-plus Labour MPs. In his contribution
challenge this time round. One such voter, nursery worker Penelope Nelson, describes herself and her family as "fans" of Burnham. "He knows what the people want and he stands for that and I think that
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