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Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

MPs in calling for Starmer to resign immediately. Siân Berry, the Green party MP, said: “Keir Starmer has lied and lied again over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and he must resign. Starmer told

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

resign as prime minister, saying the threshold for a leadership challenge has not been met. In comments that effectively dared the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, Starmer said he intended

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

Labour MPs publicly calling for him to stand down, and two senior cabinet ministers believed to be among those telling him he should oversee an [orderly transition of power](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/starmer-began-the-day-damaged-and-then-things-got-worse). For today

Top lawyer whose 'Mr Rules' approach failed to connect with the public

MPs. More than 100 of them went public with calls for him to stand down, and Wes Streeting quit as health secretary, criticising the government's "drift" and lack of "vision". Starmer dug in, promising

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

Labour’s 2024 intake, the MPs issued a thinly disguised attack on Starmer amid pressure on him to set out a timeline for his departure. “We do not present this as the final word. They

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

called for Starmer to stand down after dire election results across England, Wales and Scotland last week. Asked if Starmer would be leading Labour into the next election, Jones said: “I’m not going

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

Labour colleagues asking Starmer to step down. Eccentric it may have been, but it heralded three days of what could be termed the phoney war to get rid of Starmer, as the various camps marshalled

Peter Mandelson scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered

calls for his resignation. One of his potential rivals for the Labour leadership, Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary last week, also faces questions over his proximity to Mandelson. Streeting has previously said

Scottish Conservatives win first Westminster by-election in more than 50 years

called dual mandates, is to resign from Holyrood just six weeks after winning re-election as a North East MSP. South of the border, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, paving

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

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 ministers to “move quickly” to replace him, saying she planned

Tuesday briefing: How might Andy Burnham bring his Makerfield magic to Westminster?

Labour MPs fear: “Is Burnham just going to be Starmer with a slightly more human presentation style?” ## What else we’ve been reading 

Andy Burnham wins key UK by-election, paving way to challenge Keir Starmer

resignation or set off a leadership contest pitting the prime minister against the outgoing mayor and Wes Streeting, the former health secretary. Under the UK’s political system, MPs can choose a new prime minister

Starmer facing pressure from Burnham and Streeting allies not to fight leadership challenge

MPs prepared – if necessary – to sign Burnham’s nomination papers for a challenge. Starmer was said to be calling members of the cabinet on Friday afternoon to set out his determination to fight

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

Starmer has warned his ministers and MPs a challenge against his leadership could "plunge us into chaos", after attempting to win them over with what he called a "radical" plan to change the country

Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over whether Sir Keir should

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

called for restraint from backbenchers, dismissing the vote as a political stunt designed to destabilise the party before the May elections. The Guardian understands that Labour MPs will be whipped to vote against the Conservative

Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live

MPs.  Olly Robbins was forced to quit the Foreign Office. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Robbins is understood to have been furious at being forced out, and there are fears that

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

MPs calling for the prime minister to resign has grown over the last 48 hours, much of the cabinet has remained quiet. And though the prime minister remained in office by Tuesday night, some

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

Starmer loyalist, said Labour would risk “annihilation” if it decided to try to change leaders. But with results for [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) expected to be particularly grim in Thursday’s elections for the Scottish

Labour MPs urge Starmer to set targets to boost number of male teachers in England

resignation of the defence secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending) this week, MPs are seizing the moment to embark on a battle of ideas, including tackling toxic masculinity, which they argue has played a role in violent