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prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him about red flags in the initial vetting process. Amid calls
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prime minister and his allies had insisted for weeks that they would fight a leadership challenge from Burnham, or anyone else, before the Makerfield byelection in which Burnham secured a return to Westminster
UK less safe. “I wish you all continuing strength in the exceptional challenges you face as prime minister,” Healey ended, a line shot through with something close to menace. Healey and his allies would accept
UK Security Vetting (UKSV) to deny clearance for Mandelson. At prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Starmer said [no pressure had been put on the Foreign Office](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/apr/22/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69e8c3a48f082dfca2effe6e#block-69e8c3a48f082dfca2effe6e) to approve the vetting
prime minister **“has rightly said we must do better”.** But several backbench MPs have called on Starmer **to set out a timetable to resign.** **Clive Betts,** MP for Sheffield South East, said Starmer
resign, while any inadvertent error should be corrected "at the earliest opportunity". But the prime minister insisted he would have acted differently had he been informed at the time about the results of the UKSV
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour party suffered major losses in elections held across Britain last week, resulting in multiple calls for Starmer to resign. The historic losses are a reflection of growing unpopularity
prime minister must take responsibility." The Ministerial Code states that ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign. The Guardian said it was not known whether the PM was made aware Lord Mandelson
prime ministers for a sixth time in seven years has fuelled a sharp sell-off in the market for UK government debt. As Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be slipping away, the yield
prime minister wrote on X. Burnham has led Manchester since 2017, overseeing rapid regeneration for the city where the Industrial Revolution was forged. He is pledging to repeat his signature brand of "Manchesterism
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to prove his doubters wrong as he fights for his political future in the wake of last week’s disastrous local election results and growing speculation that a leadership
prime minister to resign in the last 48 hours. Curtis is close to Streeting, who has told allies he is [ready to launch a bid](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/wes-streeting-faces-narrow-road-to-labour-members-favour) for the leadership should Starmer’s government
prime minister, is promoting the idea of an EU envoy for Ukraine – the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, has been mentioned – but Macron is sceptical about the post. European credibility on defence has also been weakened
prime minister of [Canada](https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada) from 1993 to 2003, have seen more politicians defect to the ruling party. On Wednesday, the longtime Conservative politician Marilyn Gladu switched parties to join Carney’s government
prime minister himself to resign, Downing Street released a statement late on Thursday stressing that Starmer and David Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time, had no knowledge that security officials advised Mandelson should
resigning](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/17/keir-starmer-reportedly-wanted-to-quit-after-2021-byelection-defeat) as opposition leader. On Thursday night, Starmer’s party suffered a similarly damaging blow, losing every single council seat it was contesting in the town to [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party).
resign as prime minister", as he attacked his record in office. In a social media post, Trump said Sir Keir had "failed badly" on immigration and energy policy, as he repeated his calls to "open
UK security vetting had advised against the appointment and the issue was a “serious mistake”. “I think that was wrong at the start, and then subsequently wrong because as you well know Trevor, the prime
prime minister, [David Cameron](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/davidcameron), in 2016, said he had warned EU counterparts of the risk of Brexit in 2011 or 12. The day after the leave vote, he said