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‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faces a potential leadership challenge, the spectre of the bond market looms large. Amid febrile conditions in Westminster, the prospect of Britain switching prime ministers for a sixth time

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

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 on. Clearly, a cabinet split on this

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

leadership.” In another exchange two days later, Mandelson said Brown was trying to undermine Starmer – but suggested he knew key figures on the soft left such as Rayner and Ed Miliband were not serious challengers

Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

Keir Done](https://whathaskeirdone.co.uk/). However, the list is confused and lacklustre: one of the first points says he has “secured a £400m investment to boost clinical trials, improving NHS services and driving growth

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

question during the many months when the government has been under the cosh over giving Mandelson the job? It's not until the past few weeks that the vetting decision seems to have been uncovered

No leadership pressure on Badenoch despite Tory losses

Questions, her weekly joust with the prime minister. They also believe the party leadership has effectively used Parliamentary procedure, such as forcing the government to publish documents related to Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador

Key figure in Mandelson vetting row will not appear to give evidence to MPs

Starmer was right to sack Sir Olly last week. In a letter to the interim Foreign Office boss, Dame Emily set out some questions for Collard to answer in writing, including: "How often

Wes Streeting says Starmer ‘behind the curve’ on under-16s social media ban – UK politics live

Keir Starmer is on a visit in East Sussex, to promote a government announcement about a competition review of the childcare sector, where he is due to speak to the media. *Noon:* Downing Street holds

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Keir Starmer faces PMQs today with the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting row still dominating the Westminster agenda and – in the view of most observers familiar with the views of Labour MPs – the wagons

Burnham cleared to run for selection in pivotal by-election

Starmer as prime minister. The prime minister is continuing to resist calls to stand down and set a timetable for his departure and is expected to fight any challenge from Burnham or other likely contenders

Chris Mason: Decision to appoint Mandelson continues to inflict damage

questions." It won't be the last we hear of that. And we can see there's something missing: when it comes to those stories in recent weeks about the appointment of Peter Mandelson

Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says

leadership, more Reform councils,” he said. Tice also said claimed “millions of British voters were enormously grateful” for the money. “Frankly, £5m is probably not enough,” he said. “The dangers to his life grow

UK borrowing costs hit highest for 18 years as uncertainty over PM continues

Starmer. The effective interest rate on borrowing over 10 years briefly hit 5.13%, near levels last seen during the 2008 global financial crisis. Financial markets have been on edge due to fears higher oil prices

SCOTUS upholds abortion pill telehealth access. And, Trump returns from China visit

Keir Starmer for his position.Starmer and his Labour Party [suffered significant losses in local and regional elections](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817491/uk-elections-keir-starmer-resign-reform-green) last week, highlighting the increasing unpopularity of Starmer's leadership. His tenure has been troubled

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

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 saw five of his ministers resign

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Keir’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson to Washington even though everybody knew it was high risk. This week could go either way,” one said. Starmer said on Sunday he would make it “crystal clear

PM's ex-chief of staff to give evidence on Mandelson vetting

Starmer that the UK Security and Vetting (UKSV) team had raised concerns about Lord Mandelson, but the Foreign Office had still granted him security clearance. The prime minister effectively sacked Sir Olly, expressing anger that

Tuesday briefing: After an historic shift in power, where might Plaid Cymru go next?

leadership shenanigans, a new chapter in the relationship between Cardiff and the UK government opened. After claiming power in this month’s elections, [Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/plaid-cymru) has wasted no time in testing Keir

Starmer’s waning influence is apparent at awkward G7 summit

Keir Starmer’s first session of the G7 gathering in Évian-Les-Bains was undoubtedly awkward. A meeting about the future of Ukraine had been due to start at 9am but more than half

Starmer to meet Streeting on Wednesday as leadership crisis divides Labour

Starmer is to meet Health Secretary Wes Streeting, one of his potential leadership challengers, on Wednesday morning, as his government faces an attempt by Labour MPs to oust him from the top job. The meeting