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local election performance, data analysed by the Guardian shows, in a blow that will pile further pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership
Starmer delivers tangible change ... he cannot lead us in to another election (locally or nationally)". Both these MPs are leading figures in the "soft left" Tribune group of MPs - and some of its members want
Keir Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-local-election-losses-labour) despite the Labour party losing hundreds of council seats across England. Investors calculated that some of the intense pressure on Starmer’s leadership
elections will determine the composition of some 5,000 local council seats, a number of mayoral positions across England, as well as seats in the Scottish and Welsh devolved parliaments. Polls opened
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 contest
election. With Keir Starmer [fighting to ward off a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-leadership-cabinet-meeting-yvette-cooper-shabana-mahmood-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates), the leading backbenchers from the soft-left [Tribune](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/labour-mps-revive-tribune-to-take-on-reform) group published a series of essays calling for bolder action
Starmer, whose leadership has come under pressure in recent months. There has been speculation of a challenge to his leadership should the results prove to be disastrous for the party. Britain's party leaders were
Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year
pressure mounts on Starmer When the eyes of Westminster were on the committee rooms and voting lobbies of parliament this week, Keir Starmer’s political future was being decided elsewhere. Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner
Starmer. If you had asked me a fortnight ago about the sentiment we were picking up from Labour MPs about Sir Keir's future in Downing Street, I would have told you that pressure from
local and parliamentary elections, which Starmer will face as one of the most unpopular prime ministers since records began, is likely to see public dissatisfaction crystallise. “He’s in last chance saloon,” one minister said
pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year. In a disastrous
Keir Starmer and his ruling Labour Party have suffered [heavy early losses](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk) in local and regional [elections](/news/2026/5/7/uk-voters-head-to-the-polls-in-local-elections), counting shows so far, demonstrating deep voter anger with his government and raising new doubts about
leadership challenge. “I speak to a lot of my fellow MPs, of course I do, all the time, but also council leaders, and they’re sick and tired of all this psychodrama,” he said. “They
Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over whether Sir Keir should
pressure on the prime minister to resign after the [disastrous election results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-under-pressure-to-agree-exit-plan-after-election-mauling) for Labour. Brown, the former prime minister and long-serving chancellor under Tony Blair, has been made Starmer’s envoy
Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected to deliver Labour their
local elections in England and parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK won hundreds of seats and control of more councils in England, Labour went backwards in Scotland
pressures people face from the cost of living are real and hurt deeply. Former Welsh counsel general Mick Antoniw told BBC Wales the election had been the most difficult for Labour "in living memory
local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage and the Greens’ [Zack Polanski