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Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

London is that it represents Labour's new heartland. One in seven Labour MPs represents constituencies

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

MPs rarely felt at risk. But the London local elections suggest all of that could change. ![Starmer surrounded by crowds of Labour activists at the count for his constituency

Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates

MPs to support a bid, some British media reported on Monday. Streeting’s allies have pointed to election results in Redbridge, the local authority in his constituency, where Labour held on last week

Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains

London where many voters identify more closely with neighbouring Essex. Farage said the party was “two-thirds” of the way to where it wanted to be for the general election when it came to planning

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

constituency, a lack of popular support from his parliamentary colleagues and members, and his relationship with Peter Mandelson. And then there’s the membership: many of Labour’s most leftwing members may have left

Burnham cleared to run for selection in pivotal by-election

constituency became vacant on Thursday, when Labour MP Josh Simons said he would resign to make way for Burnham. The BBC understands the by-election is likely to take place on 18 June. On Friday

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

constituency and which the Conservatives held for 25 years. - Plaid Cymru [became the largest party in Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/08/plaid-cymru-biggest-party-wales-senedd-labour-reform), beating Reform into second place, after Labour admitted it was on course to lose control

‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?

Labour MPs make a challenge [to his premiership] happen,” he noted. “Recovery becomes ever less likely for the prime minister with each defeat and setback.”  Election staff count

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

constituencies after the local elections, and do not return to Westminster until Wednesday. While their absence has made it more difficult to coordinate the prime minister’s defence, it has also prevented the same level

Burnham’s momentum builds in Makerfield as byelection nears

London, even as Keir Starmer insists he will fight to stay in No 10, the walls seem to be crumbling around him, especially with Thursday’s resignation of the defence secretary, John Healey. Two hundred

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

constituencies, but both parliaments also operate with regional list systems that top-up votes. This election Surrey county council and its district councils are being combined into two new unitary authorities — the current county council

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

London's East End, visiting his bank robber grandfather in jail and growing up as a gay Christian. The health secretary is seen as the cabinet's best communicator and can point to a fall

UK and US voters are highly cynical. They express it differently.

London-based Public First, a 45 percent plurality of U.K. adults say that the country keeps changing prime ministers because none of them are any good. But the analysis from Public First finds an important

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

constituency seat for Harrow East since 2010 and has gained appeal by promoting pro-Modi narratives. Last year, the MP was [awarded](https://easterneye.biz/mps-bob-blackman-and-barry-gardiner-awarded-padma-shri/#) one of India’s highest civilian honours, the Padma Shri

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

London Eye?' minister asked Migration minister Mike Tapp is unable to answer one of the questions on the UK citizenship test. Politics](/news/videos/c89k2z8vy93o) [ ## UK must obey international

‘Grotesque’: parties criticise Reform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

MPs or councils](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/more-unbridled-nastiness-reform-would-it-really-create-migrant-detention-centres-green-voting-areas) was certainly eye-catching. “That means areas like right here in [Brighton](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/brighton),” Reform’s shadow home secretary said with barely concealed relish in a video

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

MPs as the party's best chance of recovery, after months of languishing in the polls and a devastating set of election results. The only problem? He's not an MP - a requirement to stand

‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader

constituency on the edge of Wigan where Reform UK is bullish about its chances and where the Greens are also [likely to campaign hard](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/15/greens-properly-contest-byelection-makerfield-burnham). Those around the prime minister insist that

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

London, May 16. [Jaimi Joy/Reuters] ## ‘He who wields the knife never wears the crown’ The differences in institutional culture and rules for a leadership challenge between the Conservatives and Labour provide part of the explanation