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Analysis: Has Starmer done enough to save his premiership?

Keir 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

Manchester shows biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in boost for Burnham

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) stakes a claim that he could replicate the city’s revival nationwide. As the [frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham), the Greater Manchester mayor has placed the city

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

leadership challenge against Keir Starmer on Thursday if the health secretary can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest. Streeting’s move to force a race has sparked a frantic scramble

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

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](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/labour-leadership-challenge-bond-markets-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-keir-starmer). The report from

UK may be ‘tipped into a general election’ if Burnham replaces Starmer, says Harman

Andy Burnham for example, actually thinks ‘I need a new mandate,’” she said, “rather than just manage the implementation of Keir Starmer’s mandate. And if he were to have a big surge

PM insists he will not walk away as Burnham promises to change Labour

Burnham promises to change Labour Sir Keir Starmer has repeated his insistence that he will "not walk away" from the job of prime minister despite more than a week of turbulence in his party, which

‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader

leadership challenge, Andy Burnham is seen as the successor apparent. But the Greater Manchester mayor is not yet in parliament and will first have to win a byelection in Makerfield, a constituency on the edge

Streeting warns against 'expensive' Labour leadership pledges

Andy Burnham have said they would stand in a contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, but neither have confirmed whether they would trigger such a contest. Streeting told

Keir Starmer aides ‘war gaming’ over leadership contest with Andy Burnham

leadership contest ahead of Andy Burnham’s much-anticipated return to Westminster if he wins the [Makerfield byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/makerfield-byelection), the Guardian understands. Downing Street sources said the prime minister had taken the last

Starmer can survive a leadership challenge, says attorney general

Andy Burnham, regarded as the frontrunner in any future leadership contest, has set his sights on returning to Westminster in the Makerfield by-election this month. Asked whether Sir Keir believed he could survive

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

Keir Starmer to stand down, warned in his resignation [speech on Wednesday that Labour must change course or risk handing Reform UK power](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/wes-streeting-first-speech-resignation-labour-must-be-bolder-or-lose). He said that while he had the support

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Andy Burnham, needs a parliamentary seat to challenge Keir Starmer. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images However, the prime minister’s fragile authority has been further weakened by the resignation of four ministers – three of them close

Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'

Andy Burnham has lived for 25 years" and that he was "coming home". "Labour needs to change and the whole government needs to change," he said. Simons' decision came as Labour MPs began calling

Wes Streeting says he could launch leadership challenge next week

challenge Keir Starmer and spark a Labour leadership contest as early as next week. The former health secretary, [who quit the cabinet last month](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign), said “uncertainty and paralysis” would have

Burnham accuses Blair of ignoring inequality as he hits back at ex-PM

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

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

Keir Starmer, [could face a challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/potential-labour-leadership-candidates-streeting-miliband-rayner-burnham) from the Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, later this year. After days of uncertainty over Starmer’s future, sterling dropped by almost three cents, or 2%, during

‘I’m not going away,’ says Keir Starmer despite defence secretary’s exit

Keir Starmer has said he knows he has to “turn things around” after a series of crises culminating in the resignation of John Healey, the defence secretary, but warned that any successor would face

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

Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories

Andy Burnham, giving him time to return to Westminster. Reed said the majority of MPs and local leaders did not want to unleash the chaos of a leadership challenge. “I speak

Streeting says he would join leadership race as Burnham vows to 'save' Labour

Andy Burnham told the BBC he was seeking to stand in the Makerfield by-election to "save" the Labour Party. Burnham - who is widely expected to try to replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader should