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Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

view that the leadership needs to change. For a challenge to get off the ground, 20% of Labour MPs

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

Labour MPs, set out a plan for the economy that would involve allowing higher levels of borrowing by overhauling the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s current fiscal rules. However, the former cabinet minister – viewed

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

leadership speculation, and Starmer’s rock-bottom public approval ratings, the most likely scenario remains that he stumbles on. The quiet, loyal majority of the parliamentary [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party may feel deeply despondent

Labour must be bolder or it will lose, says Wes Streeting

leadership challenge, but he seemingly failed to get the necessary support from 80-plus Labour MPs. In his contribution to the king’s speech debate, Streeting had no direct criticism of Starmer, and praised

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

view. Here is the story by the Guardian’s political editor, **Pippa Crerar,** setting up what is happening today. In a separate analysis, Pippa writes: “[Labour MPs] know the public has been losing faith

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Labour MPs don't think that Starmer is going to be the boss for very much longer, so his ability to persuade them to back anything controversial is tightly limited. Cabinet ministers no longer depend

Will Starmer go – and if so, how? Four scenarios in the battle for No 10

MPs. Other possible challengers – such as Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband – do not seem to be mobilising fully. But things could change quickly, for example if one of the promised new tranches of documents about

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

MPs willing to back their candidates for an immediate challenge to Starmer. But Burnham supporters said they hoped to convince the prime minister of the need for a more stable transition – rather than a bloody

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around? "Over to you Keir," says a senior minister, not mincing his words. Not everyone in the Labour Party wants there

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Labour MPs have been appalled by the recurring reminder that Starmer personally decided to appoint someone with Mandelson’s reputation to the UK’s most sensitive diplomatic post, and warned that his leadership

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

change their views, with Unison the key target. Others, like GMB, have ruled out supporting Burnham because of his closeness with Ed Miliband, who is at odds with the union over oil and gas licences

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

change and will take responsibility for fulfilling his party’s electoral promises. Labour came to power in July 2024 in a landslide victory, following 14 years of Conservative Party rule. Since then, Starmer’s popularity

No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

Change Labour” The UK will not have to pay the Rwandan government millions of pounds over a failed migrant deportation scheme set up by Boris Johnson’s administration, an international court has ruled. **Rajeev Syal

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

view of many MPs, to seal his fate. While many observers were sceptical that Streeting had the support of the 81 MPs required to trigger a leadership contest when he stood down, he insisted

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

change of prime minister. Allies of the mayors said an immediate call for resignation was unlikely. But Starmer’s position may be safeguarded by leftwing MPs who want to see Burnham return to the Commons

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

change that [will affect] all of these situations. We’ve still got to tackle these big issues, and we’ve got to do it in the right way with the right values. Having some side

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

view that anyone who takes over will inherit the same problem - an impatient and almost ungovernable country that wants tax cuts and spending increases on nearly everything," said another Labour MP. Most cabinet ministers have

Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals

MPs’ appetite for risk. But the fantasy contest has meant we are seeing surprising sides to its rivals. Burnham, who criticised the government as being too “in hock” to the bond markets, knows he must

Mandelson criticised Starmer’s lack of ‘verve’ and tendency to buckle under pressure

view that businesses were losing confidence in the UK economy. The WhatsApps are part of a vast tranche of data that MPs voted to release in February relating to Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador

PM insists he will not walk away as Burnham promises to change Labour

change if we are to regain people's trust." Questions about Labour's position on Brexit emerged over the weekend when former health secretary Wes Streeting, Burnham's potential leadership rival, told a conference that