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Pressure on the prime minister is growing, with more than 70 Labour MPs publicly calling for him to stand down, and two senior cabinet ministers believed to be among those telling him he should oversee
Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over whether Sir Keir should
Keir Starmer and his ruling Labour Party have suffered [heavy early losses](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk) in local and regional [elections](/news/2026/5/7/uk-voters-head-to-the-polls-in-local-elections), counting shows so far, demonstrating deep voter anger with his government and raising new doubts about
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
Keir Starmer under under [concerted pressure](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit) to stand down, the groups are two of a number of Labour-linked organisations that have proposed radical measures as they try to influence the thinking
Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of UK politics on Saturday 18 April. Keir Starmer
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. In a disastrous
leadership challenge. “I speak to a lot of my fellow MPs, of course I do, all the time, but also council leaders, and they’re sick and tired of all this psychodrama,” he said. “They
leadership, with [cabinet ministers urging Keir Starmer to quit](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit). [Starmer is consulting colleagues](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-leadership-cabinet-meeting-yvette-cooper-shabana-mahmood-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates) before a crunch cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning that comes after ministerial aides quit and more
Keir said in his speech that incremental change won’t cut it. But we’ve been in power almost two years. If he really understood the scale of response needed, he’d have talked about
Keir Starmer is under immense pressure to stand down. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/PA From 10am today, Guardian political journalists ***Jessica Elgot*** and ***Peter Walker*** will be answering your questions about the fallout from last week
Keir Starmer on Monday promised legislation to nationalise the plant. “Strong nations in a world like this need to make steel,” Starmer said on Monday in a speech. The prime minister was hoping decisive action
Keir Starmer’s party. Among members, the poll found Burnham has a net favourability of 72%, suggesting he would be likely to win any leadership contest that he was allowed to contest. Burnham cannot
pressure on Badenoch despite Tory losses The Conservatives have suffered heavy losses in elections across the UK, with both Reform and the Liberal Democrats taking votes off Kemi Badenoch's party. In England, the Tories
Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected to deliver Labour their
pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) has warned. 3. ***Oil*** | The UAE has [quit the Opec oil cartel](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/uae-quit-opec-oil-exporters-cartel-donald-trump) after 60 years of membership
Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage and the Greens’ [Zack Polanski](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/zack-polanski) were “not fit to meet this moment
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
leadership the Conservative party has changed. We know where we went wrong and we’re fixing it. > > The next Conservative government will deliver cheaper energy bills, take back our streets with 10,000 more police
leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next. A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley [had very little good to say about