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challenges. Loyalist MPs were invited to No 10 on Wednesday night to discuss a fightback strategy. There are reports of a campaign infrastructure in place including a campaign director and a bank account for donations
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 the challenges, Lord Hermer replied: "Yes, I think he does
challenge to Starmer, or moves to push him into stepping down, an idea Burnham did nothing to dispel. He said: “I’m prepared to take that fight as high as I can go. I want
leadership contest. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA ## **Angela** **R****ayner** Rayner has spent the eight months since she quit the cabinet over her tax affairs walking a line between loyalty and interventionism, regularly reminding Labour colleagues
challenger emerges. If he loses the byelection, it will leave Starmer in office but badly wounded by weeks of damaging attacks from his own MPs and without an obvious successor. One ally said
challenge to Sir Keir's leadership. Asked on Saturday whether he had the backing of the 81 Labour MPs needed to trigger such a contest, Streeting said: "I do have support in the parliamentary party
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
leadership challenge had not been met. A series of cabinet ministers, including David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, rallied round their embattled leader, while more than 110 different backbenchers signed a letter saying
challenge to Starmer. But Burnham supporters said they hoped to convince the prime minister of the need for a more stable transition – rather than a bloody leadership contest – which would give the man dubbed
leadership, the TUC’s general secretary, Paul Nowak, said it was clear there was an “overwhelming sense of frustration” with Starmer in a [statement issued by Labour-affiliated trade unions](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/labour-unions-keir-starmer-leader-election) last week
challengers to Starmer include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. However, Rayner’s ability to run is hampered until an investigation into her tax affairs
leadership, has changed course and said she instead wants the prime minister to set a timetable of September for his departure. West, the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet and a former Foreign Office minister
challengers to Sir Keir. **Andy Burnham** Although he has made little secret of his leadership ambitions, Burnham cannot enter a contest without first becoming an MP. He was blocked from doing so earlier this year
ruled out was “learning from the only time in the party’s 120-year history it has ever done so”. Blair’s essay, released by his eponymous thinktank, contains some slivers of praise for contemporary
rule, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected
rules that allow MPs to start a leadership race without an alternative garnering support. Not so in Labour. Even if one ofStarmer’s rivals manages to force a leadership contest by winning the publicsupport
leadership in the UK](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt) and perceived risk of looser public spending has further unsettled investors. The UK's main stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 0.5% with shares in British banks leading
challenging backdrop of rising spending pressures and an already elevated tax burden irrespective of any changes in leadership.” Still, investors say further borrowing – on top of planned bond sales worth £252bn to fund the government
leadership contest that has been bubbling away at least since Sunday may finally turn into a real one. Westminster is braced for **Wes Streeting**, the health secretary, [to announce that he is standing](https://www.theguardian.com
challenging the duopoly of Labour and the Conservatives. This has left the current government, yes, with a sizable parliamentary majority, but a paltry share of votes cast and thus weaker mandate. This trend