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Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live

local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech today, but he, and other

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

elections on 7 May that could end Keir Starmer’s premiership. After a fortnight that left [Starmer fighting for his political future](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/starmer-buys-some-time-mandelson-election) over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Call for vote on inquiry into claims Starmer lied over Mandelson dismissed by Labour grandees – UK politics live

local elections? Here is the agenda for the day. *9am:* Reform UK is organising what it is calling a “national fuel protest” in Whitehall calling for action to cut petrol prices. (There don’t seem

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Starmer was hoping to save his job with a speech that sets out his vision for turning the country around on Monday, after a disastrous set of local election results in which the party lost

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

local elections results rolled in, a trickle of voices were calling for [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

plan after election mauling Keir 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

Starmer urged to bring in ticket-touting ban as resellers target Big Weekend

Starmer said in November that the government would “stop fans from being ripped off” by making good on Labour’s 2024 election manifesto promise to outlaw resale of tickets for profit. A host of globally

Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

local elections tour, far outpacing both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with his campaign visits.  Farage arriving for campaign event in College Green, Westminster, on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

speech on Monday to set out a "fresh direction for our country and for our party". Asked if Sir Keir would still be party leader at the time of the next general election, which will

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

planning for months, but I’m very surprised that none of them has popped up today to say, ‘I will do it.’” Labour lost more than 1,400 councillors across England on Thursday, [shedding support

Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

locally as we offer leadership to all of Wales. As the story of this election has emerged today, it has become clear that Wales has demanded change of leadership. “My sense of service

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

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

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

local elections that show his party suffering heavy losses, many at the hands of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Starmer struck a defiant note on Friday morning in the face of calls from some

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

speech to Congress](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/28/king-charles-speech-congress) that made pointed reference to the importance of Nato, the defence of Ukraine and the climate crisis. 2. ***Middle East*** | Britain is [facing a £35bn economic hit](https://www.theguardian.com