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Politics

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

local services, higher defence spending and an overhaul of inheritance tax to pay for Britain’s creaking social care system. ![Keir Starmer giving a speen with the union jack in the background](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ed7da17c269095b631bcfdf433b28ca284965d86/0_0_3679_2475/master/3679.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)

The Guardian WorldMay 1
Politics

Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?

candidate. “Even if Burnham managed to find someone in the next week or so, we’re still talking about two months before he could even be in contention,” says Kiran. “The game for [Andy Burnham

The Guardian WorldMay 13
Politics

Does UK’s new far-right party, Restore, pose a threat to Farage’s Reform?

local election results last month. Burnham was last an MP for the constituency of Leigh until May 2017. Since that year, he has served as mayor of Manchester. Getting back into Parliament

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 3
Politics

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

local election results announced in the late afternoon and early evening. Counting for mayoral elections will only begin on Friday, with Hackney and Newham expected to declare at 1pm, followed by Watford at 2pm, Lewisham

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

Poll: Voter cynicism remains a potent threat to incumbents across the globe

local elections, mirroring the success of insurgent populists across Europe. Three-quarters of highly cynical voters in the U.K. hold an unfavorable view of Starmer, the Public First analysis of a May POLITICO Poll found

POLITICO PoliticsJun 11
Politics

In Nigel Farage’s shoes, a less experienced politician might panic

candidate – now MP – Hannah Spencer, a local plumber. For Makerfield, the choice seemed easy. Kenyon is also a plumber, also local, and had even been an army reservist. The problem for Reform was that

The Guardian WorldYesterday
Politics

Trump keeps extending the Iran war. Republicans are losing patience.

Election Day,” said a Nevada GOP strategist working on battleground House races, who – like others in this story -- were granted anonymity to speak candidly about the midterm landscape. “If we can get this normalized with

POLITICO PoliticsJun 12
Politics

DC is about to pick new leaders. Trump is watching.

elect their mayor, and they want someone who’s gonna stand up to Donald Trump.” There’s a similar sentiment among the leading delegate candidates. Robert White, a city council member

POLITICO PoliticsJun 16
Politics

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

candidate in the Makerfield byelection, claimed it would be no ordinary campaign and said he would make it about national issues where [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) was failing, in a direct challenge to the prime

The Guardian WorldMay 18
Politics

May elections live: millions cast their votes across England, Scotland and Wales

candidate for Mayor of London in far-off 2028. Another followed in November. There have been two other by-elections, one of them producing a Tory hold, the other a Labour hold. The net outcome

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

Voting Rights Act ruling is ‘red meat’ to Republicans in south, says Black lawmaker targeted by gerrymander

candidate, has extensively posted on social media about Thompson and called for his district, which White said was “[gerrymandered](https://www.facebook.com/ShadWhiteMS/posts/pfbid02QhdTEAXYjxRRvzrbsX3PSsDsCfo8UjrU9qRqcxib6523w5rAaHNo1Ld46nXF6nwHl)”, to be redrawn. Since Thompson was elected in 1993, his district has been

The Guardian WorldMay 15
Politics

As Trump visits Beijing, an LA-area mayor admits to acting as an agent for China

elected to the city council of a Southern California city," according to federal prosecutors. The candidate was unnamed in that case but the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California now confirms

NPR Topics: NewsMay 14
Politics

Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction after six states including California and Iowa cast ballots

candidates vying to advance in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic governor **Gavin Newsom**. The race for **Los Angeles** mayor is also on the ballot, along with a series of high-stakes US House

The Guardian WorldJun 2
Politics

Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district

local control while stripping Memphis voters from meaningful representation. “You cannot claim to respect democracy while changing the rules after candidates have already qualified to run,” he added. “You are creating chaos on purpose.” Lamar

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

election and that Labour MPs and Labour unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism. It needs to be broad, and it needs

The Guardian WorldMay 14
Politics

Tech industry wins big in California primary election with millions spent paying off

local assembly and senate candidates in the state. The long-term strategy for both Grow California and California Leads is to work on the state’s legislature to get their preferred candidates in place – something

The Guardian WorldJun 4
Politics

Farage suddenly returns to political stage – but dodges questions about £5m gift

local elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales) on 7 May, taking 14 councils and more than 1,000 seats. But since then, [it has been losing ground to Restore Britain](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/29/reform-uk-restore-britain-lock-horns-makerfield-byelection-buildup) – an even harder right

The Guardian WorldJun 10
Politics

Trump officials cut federal funds to LA homeless services agency

Local oversight actions have already resulted in strong repairs and reforms to Lahsa’s internal controls, which are accountable and viewable to the public. “If Hud’s inspector general actually conducts a fair review

The Guardian WorldJun 12
Politics

Secretive super PAC funding is skyrocketing in primaries

candidates that are seen as weaker in the general election. Neither group will have to reveal their donors until mid-July. In Kentucky’s 4th District, where GOP Rep. Thomas Massie [was seeking reelection

POLITICO PoliticsJun 14
Politics

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

candidate in Makerfield](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp2e0rrj4o). It came after Labour MP Josh Simons said he would resign to make way for Burnham, while Sir Keir's allies indicated the prime minister would not seek

BBC NewsMay 17
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