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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

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

resign after the [disastrous election results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-under-pressure-to-agree-exit-plan-after-election-mauling) for Labour. Brown, the former prime minister and long-serving chancellor under Tony Blair, has been made Starmer’s envoy on global finance, with a brief

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

Starmer’s future back in focus, amid calls for his resignation by opposition parties. Record-breaking electoral losses will only add to the concerns within Labour. Here is every area with an election

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

resign or attach a sell by date to his premiership. Let's see if that is a position that becomes contagious. There are no shortage of Labour MPs who say it is the prime minister

'Crisis in Great Britain!' Global media reacts to Starmer's fight for survival

resign, rebellion is growing among Labour MPs, who seem only to be hesitating over a timetable for launching a challenge procedure and internal election," writes Arnaud de La Grange. UK political turmoil is not receiving

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

resigning their membership, according to the polling by the thinktank Compass. The thinktank is affiliated with Mainstream, a Labour caucus that is a prime backer of a potential Burnham leadership bid. The polling found more

Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next

Starmer's premiership has never looked more vulnerable as growing numbers of his own MPs call on him to stand down after a disastrous set of election results. The prime minister has vowed to fight

Starmer sees off inquiry call - but he doesn't escape unscathed

Starmer has escaped unscathed. Ultimately [he won the vote pretty comfortably](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21lx9ne83o) with a clear majority of MPs rejecting the idea that he should be referred to a parliamentary committee for investigation over

UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

resign as prime minister over this? Labour Party MPs have indicated that if the party performs poorly in Scotland, loses power in Wales, and fails to hold many of the roughly 2,500 council seats

PM's ex-chief of staff says he doesn't recognise claims about his behaviour

Starmer's chief of staff. Speaking at security conference in Ukraine, McSweeney said he found it "strange reading about a character with the same name as mine sometimes", as he spoke publicly for the first

Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader

resign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o). He said: "I said what I said back in February, I am not recoiling from that." With renewed calls in Labour for Starmer to go, Sarwar said he had tried

PM won't face inquiry over claims he misled MPs on Mandelson vetting

Starmer will not face a parliamentary investigation over claims he misled MPs about the process to appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador. The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion

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

Chris Mason: Mandelson nightmare haunts Starmer again, as senior figure effectively sacked

Starmer, stuck on repeat. The whole saga has now cost another person their job – Sir Olly Robbins, the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office. And there are some, both on the opposition benches

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Starmer is to promise bolder action to tackle "big challenges" facing the country, as he battles to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader. The prime minister will seek to reset

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

calling on him to go, if not immediately then in the near future. However, there is not a consensus among Labour MPs about who they want to replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Starmer has accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately and repeatedly withholding the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. Giving a statement to MPs, the prime minister

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

Starmer? The former minister Catherine West's interview with Radio 4's PM programme immediately raised eyebrows around Westminster. Plenty of Labour MPs from across the party have told us they didn

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

What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row?

called Developed Vetting during his appointment process. It is the most intrusive process employed by the government for those required to access sensitive material and be granted the highest level of security clearance