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The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party and of the country. And on Tuesday, the prime minister told the cabinet he would "get on with governing" and that a leadership contest had not been

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week. Following grim results for [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) in elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying it would have been “dishonourable” to remain in post and that there should now be a contest for the Labour leadership. But Streeting

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

Labour party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.” Sources told the Guardian that Starmer did not give cabinet critics time to respond, before moving the conversation

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs finally lose faith. “We just don’t know how it will all play out, but all roads lead back to the original sin: Keir’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson

Mandelson and McSweeney: a partnership forged on winning and crushing the Labour left

party. But in the early days, Mandelson was among the few who were genuinely interested in what Starmer and McSweeney were building. ![Peter Mandelson and Keir Starmer stand side by side. Both are wearing suits

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

party is facing off against both Reform and the Greens in different parts of the city. “I strongly believe that we’ve got the right agenda to start turning that around. To give people hope

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

Labour, which took the Greater Manchester seat with more than 50% of the vote in 2024, was pushed into third place. Politics](/news/videos/ceqv07zn94wo) [![Close up of Hannah Spencer as she delivers speech after

Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Labour’s two powerhouses – the soft left and the centrists? Streeting might have once hoped he had the chance of a coronation but he does not have enough names to mount a challenge and [Keir

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs to “stick together and fight together” as ministers launched a massive operation to shore up his fragile position before a critical day for his premiership. The prime minister faces

Keir Starmer vows to lead Labour into next general election after bruising week

Keir Starmer has said he will lead Labour into the next general election as his Downing Street allies denied claims of any wrongdoing over the appointment and vetting of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson)

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

Labour MPs are going to move against the prime minister. It's grave enough for Starmer's allies to be getting their lines out early - striking a defiant tone, telling me this morning

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Keir Starmer may be finished off by what happens in the Commons today. Since the revelations in the Guardian last week about [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) in effect failing security vetting for his appointment

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

Keir** **S****tarmer** Despite feverish leadership speculation, and Starmer’s rock-bottom public approval ratings, the most likely scenario remains that he stumbles on. The quiet, loyal majority of the parliamentary [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)

Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid

Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels. The former deputy prime minister has settled £40,000 in unpaid stamp duty after [initially paying the lower rate](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/03/angela-rayner-admits-underpaying-stamp-duty-on-800000-seaside-flat), but has not paid any penalty

Starmer sets out changes to education, health and courts in king’s speech

Keir Starmer has put long-promised changes to education, health and the courts at the heart of his agenda for the next year, as the embattled prime minister looks to prove he can enact

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

allies of the potential leadership candidates Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner. Labour is braced for dismal results [in Thursday’s elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-labour-test-greens-reform-lib-dems-tories-england-scotland-wales-polls), which could result in [Starmer facing a leadership challenge

Analysis: Andy Burnham's route back to the Commons is clearer - but one big hurdle remains

Starmer used his authority and control over Labour's ruling National Executive Committee to block Burnham from standing. This time, Number 10 has indicated it will not seek to block him again. After a week

Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

party figures present looked tense. Starmer, in shirt sleeves and without a tie, arrived with furrowed brow. “I take responsibility for not walking away, not plunging our country into chaos, as the Tories did time

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

ally of Corbyn to defect to the Greens, even as the former Labour leader tries to establish Your Party, his own leftwing alternative to Labour. The defection of figures such as Formby, the former Labour