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More than 100 Labour MPs sign statement against Starmer leadership challenge

prime minister talked about the challenges we faced as a country, the crisis in the Middle East and the impact on the cost of living here. This government will do what we were elected

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

impact on the future of the prime minister as Labour contemplates a challenging set of local elections

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

prime ministers in history,” he says. “It doesn’t seem to affect him in the way that you might think.” The emotional impact of an electoral wipeout in the upcoming elections

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

impact of the latest revelations over Mandelson. Still, it raises the possibility that the prime minister has already reached peak unpopularity. Labour figures will have to ask themselves: will the local elections

Why has Italy’s Giorgia Meloni suspended a defence pact with Israel?

prime minister are preparing for elections next year. “There is a general discontent over the war in Iran and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz – a crisis that’s impacting

Down and then out in Paris and London? Why Starmer isn’t the only one with a popularity problem

prime minister’s time in power. Poor judgment and a lack of charisma, or arguably the wrong sort in the case of Merz, is surely part of the problem – but is there not a more

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

prime minister. One, Neil Coyle, said: “Horrified at the elephant trap colleagues are falling into. Those who claimed council elections were about Keir had nothing to offer local communities.” Another, Nick Smith, said. “A global

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

prime minister. One, Neil Coyle, said he was “horrified at the elephant trap colleagues are falling into. Those who claimed council elections were about Keir had nothing to offer local communities.” Another, Nick Smith, said

Relish and dread as Starmer 'shambles' hangs over Scotland and Wales elections

elections closer - local tests in England, and national ballots in Wales and Scotland - votes another cabinet minister frets "will be a disaster". We've been travelling around Wales this week, and Scotland last week, talking

Antigua and Barbuda prime minister set to win fourth term in election

prime minister of [Antigua and Barbuda](https://www.theguardian.com/world/antigua-and-barbuda), is set to win a fourth term in the country’s snap general election with preliminary results showing his party on course

UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

impact, the government will withhold the remaining £110m in years two and three, it says, billing it as the first “payment-by-results” scheme in the Channel. Labour, which is predicted to lose councils

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

prime minister, they do not want to hand the opposition a win. However, Starmer faces a second moment of jeopardy on Tuesday with McSweeney’s appearance in front of the foreign affairs committee (FAC) inquiry

Hungary’s voters shunned Orbán – but it may be too early to celebrate end of Europe’s far right

prime minister, [Viktor Orbán](https://www.theguardian.com/world/viktor-orban), after 16 years in office was evidence that the world was “not condemned to authoritarian and corrupt governments”. Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, also believes the two-thirds

Coalition considers plan to slash net overseas immigration by nearly half its current rate, leaked documents reveal

election and to avoid the last-minute policy chaos that plagued Peter Dutton’s 2025 campaign. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) After ousting [Sussan Ley](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/13/angus-taylor-becomes-opposition-leader-after-defeating-sussan-ley-in-liberal-party-leadership-ballot)

Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy

prime minister argued the US president should be able to “disagree agreeably” with allies rather than publishing attacks on social media, and that US actions had “made things worse, not better” as far as global

Rachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war fallout

elections, Keir Starmer looking vulnerable as prime minister and economists predicting a surge in inflation, ministers are looking for immediate ways to ease the cost of living for voters. George Bangham, head of social policy

Australia has some of the world's costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's purchase of a multi-million-dollar cliff-top home in 2024. In their first budget after a [landmark election win](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9djze015xlo) – which comes as appetite for action

Why Welsh voters turned their backs on the Labour party

minister’s [energetic campaign](https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2026-04-24/eluned-morgan-likens-herself-to-strawberry-daiquiri-warning-she-could-lose-seat), and praised her career in public service. But nothing Morgan could do would have been enough to stop the haemorrhage. Support for the party was already ebbing before

Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live

elections. On the Today programme this morning **Alex Burghart**, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, dismissed this claim, saying: “There aren’t any political games going on here.” He is lucky MPs can’t get referred

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

prime minister on notice, too. One of their leaders told me: "It's been a slow motion car crash – we need a concrete promise that things will change." Labour has been battered at these elections