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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
policy*** Last night the government announced that it is [relaxing sanctions on Russian oil that has been refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy42x3g7r89o). This morning **Badenoch** [claimed](https://x.com
policy editor, ***Kiran Stacey***, about a critical few weeks for the prime minister and whether Labour MPs could move to replace him. First, the headlines. ## Five big stories 1. ***US*** | King Charles has extolled
policy will broadly remain the same, whether Starmer remains UK prime minister, or if, over the next weeks or months, he were to be unseated by potential leadership rivals. That includes continuing to play
policies to secure investment from Silicon Valley, including multimillion-pound energy subsidies and preferential planning [approval for datacentres](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/14/datacentre-boom-is-uk-ai-bubble-about-to-burst) in what ministers have called [AI growth zones](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-ai-growth-zones/delivering-ai-growth-zones#:~:text=Pricing%20support%20mechanism,point%20in%202030.). While largely unknown
Labour MP called on Starmer to quit. 2. ***Middle East*** | [Iranian forces seized two ships](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades
Starmer has made much of his efforts to reset post-Brexit relations and forge closer economic ties with the EU without committing to rejoin the single market or customs union. The prime minister [is planning
Starmer's job, Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The Secretary State for Housing, Steve Reed, completes the quartet of powerful London MPs in the Cabinet. A significant percentage of the party's activists, and the members
party leadership, [the charity has said](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/zack-polanski-falsely-claimed-to-be-british-red-cross-spokesperson-charity-says). 2. ***Fuel shortages***| Two million airline seats have been [cut from this month’s schedules](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/airline-seats-cut-jet-fuel-prices) as airlines redraw their operations because of soaring