Search

UK voters head to the polls in local elections

Starmer has faced increasing pressure over his leadership of the Labour Party [File: Hannah McKay/Reuters

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure

Starmer rejects accusation that Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding

Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding Keir Starmer has said he does not agree with George Robertson’s comments about the government’s “corrosive complacency” on defence funding, as the prime minister faced sustained pressure

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

Starmer, the British prime minister, is facing increasing pressure to set a date for his departure after elections across much of the country resulted in massive losses for his ruling Labour

UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

face renewed pressure to quit or set out a timetable for his departure. Starmer, a former lawyer, was elected in 2024 with one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern British history, on the premise

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

facing a £35bn economic hit](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/29/uk-risk-of-recession-this-year-over-impact-of-iran-war-thinktank-warns) and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, the National Institute

UK borrowing costs fall and pound rises as Starmer says he will remain as PM

pressure on Starmer’s leadership had eased, as Labour appeared on track for [smaller losses than election experts had predicted](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-local-elections-keir-starmer-cling-on). The yield – effectively the interest rate – had [jumped earlier this week

Political parties make final pitches ahead of key elections

Labour government and Prime Minister Sir Keir 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

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Starmer’s leadership heard on Thursday and now Labour members have too. Nearly half want him to stand down and over half don’t think he’s the man for the job. “In the face

Olly Robbins is just the latest: a guide to the high-profile exits under Starmer’s tenure

faced mounting pressure over his role in Labour Together’s commissioning of the lobbying and public affairs agency APCO to investigate journalists reporting on the thinktank’s failure to disclose political donations. 3. --- ### Tulip Siddiq

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

Starmer that stretches beyond what unfurls in his own back yard. With 1,150 of the 2,500 council seats that Labour is defending in the capital, it will be a litmus test of whether

Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Labour grandee needed security vetting at all because he was a member of the House of Lords. Starmer has maintained that Robbins was wrong not to have told him the outcome of the so-called

Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

faced renewed calls to resign from opponents since the latest development was reported, and the pressure is expected to continue with Reform UK’s finance spokesperson Robert Jenrick, and Conservative shadow minister Alex Burghart

Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting

pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” that he was not informed that Peter Mandelson failed his [security vetting](/news/2026/4/16/uks-starmer-under-fire-over-report-mandelson-failed-security-vetting) before being appointed UK envoy to Washington, as the United

UK faces £35bn hit and risk of recession this year over impact of Iran war, thinktank warns

pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, a leading thinktank has warned. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that even under a best-case scenario the UK economy would grow

Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

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

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey A powerful Commons committee should investigate whether Keir Starmer misled parliament over the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

faced pressure from Reform across the former “red wall” in the north-east, Midlands and north-west of England, while in London – where four years ago Labour swept to its best performance since

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

face a clear choice,” he said. “Progress and a better future for the community you call home, with a [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) council working with a Labour government. Versus the anger and division offered

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