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Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election One of Keir Starmer’s closest aides has declined to say whether he would lead his party

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

Starmer's 'Mr Rules' persona - as one ally says: "It's so painful to Keir, who prides himself to be a person of integrity - and this is just wiping that away in the eyes

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Keir Starmer is facing a perilous 24 hours as allies of [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) said he was prepared to bid for the leadership if the prime minister’s premiership falls apart this week

Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”. Streeting arrived in No 10 on Wednesday morning

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Keir Starmer. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images However, the prime minister’s fragile authority has been further weakened by the resignation of four ministers – three of them close allies of Streeting – in what appeared

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

allies of the Health Secretary Wes Streeting who expect his challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with his rivals briefing that he has struggled to get the numbers of backers

Lonely at the top: who are Keir Starmer’s allies as daunting May elections loom?

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

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside Andy Burnham’s hopes of returning to Westminster were dealt a blow on Tuesday as the Merseyside MP whose seat

Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories

Labour leader could’ve won the [last] election, so they don’t give Keir credit for it, and think they can plot and say we should replace him. They’re wrong.” A second cabinet minister

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

Party insiders were closely watching councils including Lambeth, Lewisham and Haringey. Despite Labour’s losses, allies of Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham, two of Starmer’s potential leadership rivals, said they would keep their counsel

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

Starmer has insisted he will not quit as prime minister and "plunge the country into chaos", as Labour reels from significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure

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

Labour ranks many MPs are sanguine, reflecting frustration at a tight approach to tax and spending under Starmer, despite the party’s plunging poll ratings and [dire showing in elections across Britain last week

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

Keir Starmer is likely to face a leadership challenge amid calls from parliamentarians for him to step down following the Labour Party’s stunning loss in local elections. Backbencher Labour MP Catherine West urged cabinet

Chris Mason: PM confronts his most difficult day as party revolts

party and the country of a protracted leadership contest, which will deliver a successor with a "very questionable mandate" as one friend put it. In other words, unlike Sir Keir, his successor on taking office

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Labour on the brink of civil war, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) was calling ministers and MPs into his office in parliament to plead with them not to allow a competition to be triggered

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

Keir’s departure that undermines the party’s position, but we recognise that when the mood is febrile things can kick off,” one said. “We wouldn’t be thanked for picking our own leader three

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

Keir Starmer and his Labour party suffered major losses in elections held across Britain last week, resulting in multiple calls for Starmer to resign. The historic losses are a reflection of growing unpopularity with Starmer

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party and of the country. And on Tuesday, the prime minister told the cabinet he would "get on with governing" and that a leadership contest had not been

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week. Following grim results for [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) in elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

Labour party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.” Sources told the Guardian that Starmer did not give cabinet critics time to respond, before moving the conversation