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6 resultsfor “backbenchers statement on leadership contest”

Politics

Which Labour MPs have come out against Starmer?

backbenchers and junior ministers have signed a statement saying this is "no time for a leadership contest

BBC News2h ago
Politics

More than 100 Labour MPs sign statement against Starmer leadership challenge

statement saying this is “no time for a leadership contest” – as [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) told his cabinet he would not stand down while a formal leadership contest had not been triggered. The letter

The Guardian World3h ago
Politics

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

backbenchers and some parliamentary ministerial aides. Organisers say it did not come from No 10, though MPs said it had been circulated by government whips. Starmer himself made his message clear at cabinet

The Guardian World53m ago
Politics

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

backbencher Catherine West said she could try to trigger a leadership contest in the wake of his speech. The north London MP has threatened to begin canvassing support if Sir Keir's address leaves

BBC NewsYesterday
Politics

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

backbenchers adding their voices to calls for the prime minister to go. But matters began moving at speed, with West, a north London MP who was sacked by Starmer as a Foreign Office minister last

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

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

backbenchers’ nerves as he did the rounds in the members-only smoking room and his private office behind the Commons chamber. One former minister said the mood was so dark that several MPs refused

The Guardian WorldMay 1