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Keir Starmer. Within an hour Conservative Party Chairman Kevin Hollinrake seized on Streeting's comment, saying "whilst Labour relitigate Brexit
comments chime with a growing mood within [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) that the party should be bolder on getting closer to the EU or rejoining in future. A number of cabinet ministers want Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer. As [Anand Menon of the UK in a Changing Europe thinktank notes](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/19/wes-streetings-brexit-europe-referendum), Streeting’s main rival in the race so far, Andy Burnham, is also [a bit of a Remainer
comments over the weekend risked reopening a debate that was settled with the Brexit referendum 10 years ago. With the issue now likely to feature prominently in [the Makerfield byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/14/angela-rayner-says-starmer-should-reflect-on-stepping-aside-after-hmrc-clears-her-over-tax-affairs-uk-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a05f5058f086f4020ef75c3#block-6a05f5058f086f4020ef75c3)
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) will not have resigned by the school summer holidays, despite a major challenge to his leadership after the local election results. “He was very clear with the cabinet on Tuesday
Keir Starmer. Following the massive slap in the face [he got from voters last week in local elections](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz62dwe30wdo), he launched a bid this morning to save his political life. In what
Brexit agricultural deal Brussels is preparing to offer [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) a key concession in talks over an agricultural deal, giving the beleaguered prime minister an important victory in his efforts to move
Brexit party. > > And to suggest the solution now is for us to reopen that debate is just staggering, and the Labour party is in an existential crisis, it really is, and the idea that
comments marking 10 years since Cox’s death, Keir Starmer said the values she had lived by – that “we have far more in common than that which divides us” – were being tested anew. He added
Keir Starmer** is in Armenia, where he has announced that he wants the UK to join the EU’s €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine. Starmer is attending a European Political Community summit in Yerevan
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) said on Monday he had no intention of stepping aside should Burnham win the byelection and that he wanted to fight the next election, setting up a potentially ugly battle
Keir Starmer have been publicly calling for a much closer economic relationship with the EU in the next phase of post-Brexit talks. There has been little public detail of what that has meant beyond
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), a former shadow Brexit secretary, had sought a single market for goods “an option which the EU is always bound to reject”, because it crosses well-established red lines
Keir Starmer is playing out before us. But hang on a minute. As supporters of the prime minister like to point out, there has been no formal challenge to him yet, and he is making
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) needs real allies. And here, at least, there is something to feel positive about. If you talk to most [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs, Starmer most likely will not lead
Brexit. Victory here would also lay the ground for a possible general election cull of Essex Tory frontbenchers including Priti Patel, James Cleverly, Alex Burghart and even Kemi Badenoch. In Reform’s gleaming new office
Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life. I spoke to him twice yesterday. He has a strength of character, a fighting experience. There will be no timetables. “What there
Brexit over the next few weeks as it looks to exploit an escalating Labour row [over whether the UK should seek to rejoin the EU](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/culture-secretary-lisa-nandy-says-wes-streeting-rejoin-eu-call-odd). The outcome of the byelection is likely
Keir Starmer’s government has faced criticism from some opponents, especially the Greens, for supposedly prioritising economic growth over the environment. Reynolds rejected this, saying policies such as the plans for the government estate, plus
Starmer's government of having no "coherent plan" for the country and introducing policies that have held back business. In a highly critical essay, the former Labour PM singled out measures including new workers' rights