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Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

MPs, including the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell and the Hartlepool MP, Jonathan Brash. Reform’s successes meanwhile look set to confirm its place as England’s most popular party and underline the decline

Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

think it was worth sharing even just the headline fact with parliament at PMQs last Wednesday. Ministers are expected to correct the record as soon as they realise they have made a mistake – inadvertently

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

think they can change the world. And then, when you look at the financial situation, realise that all the promises that you’ve made are undeliverable.” Tilsley’s worst fear is the council becoming ungovernable

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

leadership election.” They said Starmer had a “great legacy” and had brought the party back together after the fractious Jeremy Corbyn years: “He’s got the chance now to bring the party back together again

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next. A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley [had very little good to say about

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

MPs were gripped by speculation over Starmer’s future, with Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham – despite not being eligible – seen as [likely successors](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/22/four-top-labour-figures-could-beat-starmer-in-a-leadership-race-poll-finds). Some have argued Starmer should

‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?

leadership, despite traditionally being on the left of the political spectrum, has suffered a series of political travails since it battered the incumbent Conservatives in the 2024 UK general election. Indeed, from dealing with internal

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

leadership is now on borrowed time. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), which this week is going through hundreds more files relating to Mandelson’s time in Washington, has now been handed some vetting information

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

Starmer’s leadership, saying he started to break his promises almost as soon as he became leader. “Keir was elected on a bunch of things he immediately reneged on,” she said. “He does not have

PM turns to old Labour hands after election losses but some MPs left baffled

Starmer has appointed former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance, as he attempts to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses. Downing Street said

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest herself. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, she said her preferred option would be for the cabinet to "reorganise themselves

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

MPs to move to a new centrist, pro-European political party. But in the early days, Mandelson was among the few who were genuinely interested in what Starmer and McSweeney were building. ![Peter Mandelson

Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrong

think?** Robert spoke to people in Croydon when he was observing the police using the system. “Some take the view that if you’ve got nothing to hide, there’s nothing to worry about