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

next week, although this has been vehemently denied by the health secretary’s allies, who point to his public support for the PM on Friday. With any route for Burnham back to the Commons still

Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader

next election, adding: "I've got a job to do and I intend to do it." In his first interview since Labour lost national elections in both Scotland and Wales and saw huge losses across

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

next month’s Senedd election, however, this history-making run is expected to end. Labour’s collapse has left a vacuum, and former Labour voters are going to opposite ends of the political spectrum. [Plaid

PM turns to old Labour hands after election losses but some MPs left baffled

Starmer has appointed former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance, as he attempts to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses. Downing Street said

UK’s Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gains

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bracing for [heavy defeats in local elections](/news/2026/5/7/uk-voters-head-to-the-polls-in-local-elections), with Reform UK poised to make gains across the country, according to early results. Labour’s woes were already evident

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

losses in Thursday’s local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

step down within a year. In a disastrous set of results, [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) lost hundreds of council seats in England, many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made big gains across

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

Keir 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 party. With

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