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Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns

Keir Starmer prioritises short-term announcements over what the evidence and experts say is needed, children and parents will be left to count the cost and child protection will take a step back.” The Times

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Starmer was hoping to save his job with a speech that sets out his vision for turning the country around on Monday, after a disastrous set of local election results in which the party lost

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week. Following grim results for [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) in elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with his rivals briefing that he has struggled to get the numbers of backers he requires. Then the interviews the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela

Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Andy Burnham, the mayor or Greater Manchester. But those were the closing paragraphs of the former health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation letter, a cadence so similar to Burnham’s own that it cannot

Personal decision for Starmer on whether to fight leadership contest, minister says

Starmer whether he chooses to fight any potential leadership contest, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said. She told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Sir Keir had "shown before that

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, had found an MP willing to give up their seat so he can take a crack at it, the start of his long-anticipated attempt to make

Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him

Keir Starmer to try to calm down a party that is hurting and anxious. Many Labour MPs have spent the weekend observing the politically scorched earth around them locally – their friends and colleagues in local

Andy Burnham: 'King of the North' with eyes on the top job

challenge Sir Keir Starmer. It is not a done deal. Sir Keir has said he will not seek to block Burnham from standing in Josh Simons' Makerfield constituency. But he will still need

More than 60 Labour MPs call on Starmer to set timetable to quit

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to set a timetable to depart as prime minister, including backers of his leadership rivals Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. MPs from across the party’s ranks said the prime

Could ‘king in the north’ become Britain’s new prime minister?

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) to represent them in London. His ambitions do not end there. In a development that would have improbable just a few months ago, it would now be a surprise

How quickly could Andy Burnham become the UK’s prime minister?

Andy Burnham’s [seismic victory in Makerfield](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-byelection-paving-way-labour-leadership-challenge), his prospects of becoming prime minister in short order look significantly higher than they did 24 hours ago. But there are many variables in that

Burnham cleared to run for selection in pivotal by-election

Starmer as prime minister. The prime minister is continuing to resist calls to stand down and set a timetable for his departure and is expected to fight any challenge from Burnham or other likely contenders

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

Andy Burnham to succeed Starmer – against just 11% for Streeting. And whereas Burnham had a 44% favourability rating, only 18% felt the same towards the health secretary. That result put Streeting roughly

Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle

Keir Starmer’s administration is embroiled in turmoil amid a [calamitous local election](/news/2026/5/8/leader-of-the-pack-what-next-as-reform-makes-huge-election-gains) result for the Labour Party last week. Starmer, who has been [dogged by controversy](/news/2026/4/20/uk-pm-starmer-admits-mistaken-call-on-mandelson-rejects-calls-to-resign) over the appointment of Jeffrey Epstein

Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

Andy Burnham](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/andyburnham) to end Labour’s “torpor and timidity” towards the EU as they call for the UK to rejoin the single market, in a notable strengthening of their own position. Ahead

Keir Starmer says he wants to offer Burnham ‘big role’ in government to avoid leadership contest – UK politics live

challenge.](https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2067018472752640217) This morning **Starmer** has responded. In [an interview with Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-talks-taking-place-about-what-to-do-with-seized-shadow-fleet-tanker-as-it-sits-off-dorset-coast-12593360), he said that he would offer Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor who is expected

Streeting says he would join leadership race as Burnham vows to 'save' Labour

Andy Burnham told the BBC he was seeking to stand in the Makerfield by-election to "save" the Labour Party. Burnham - who is widely expected to try to replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader should

Starmer loyalist warns against ‘copying Tories’ but admits PM is unpopular

Keir Starmer’s closest allies in the cabinet has conceded that the prime minister is “unpopular” but has insisted Labour should not repeat the same pattern of changing leaders that damaged the Conservatives. The housing

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

Andy Burnham said he would seek to enter any potential Labour leadership contest should he win the Makerfield by-election on 18 June. The Greater Manchester Mayor also told BBC Question Time that he would