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

contests can take on national significance. ## Starmer’s ‘referendum’ The vote comes as Starmer is politically weakened. A YouGov poll conducted in April suggested that 70 percent of respondents believed Starmer was doing “badly”. These

Reform election gains show historic shift in British politics, says Farage

contests in Scotland and Wales took place. The party gained control of 10 councils in England last year and has now followed this up with further successes at the ballot box. Increased support for Reform

Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?

Labour, including self-deprecating ones from the man himself. So while his allies played down the prospect of a bid [as recently as the weekend](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/mps-from-labours-left-to-urge-ed-miliband-to-consider-leadership-bid), this was largely in the hope that

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

2024. But less than two years later, Labour lost the most seats of any party in last week's regional elections. While Labour faltered, right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage – a Trump

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

contest. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images More than a third of members polled said they were considering resigning their membership, according to the polling by the thinktank Compass. The thinktank is affiliated with Mainstream, a Labour

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

2024. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images The prime minister’s speech was “well put together, clear-eyed, and passionate”, says ***Kiran Stacey***, but had one fundamental problem: “His policy solutions simply didn’t match the rhetoric

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

contests were run was before the mess of Boris Johnson's departure, and the calamity of Liz Truss. So, Tory HQ is braced for another battering, just as they suffered last year when

Future of UK lies in the EU after Brexit ‘failure’, say European Greens

leadership meeting on Friday, the day before Europe Day. Insiders said it was the first time a European political party had officially invited the UK to rejoin the EU. “Somebody has to trigger the debate

Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

contest is already under way; **Angela Rayner** issued what was in effect [her manifesto](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/10/may-elections-keir-starmer-catherine-west-labour-leadership-nigel-farage-reform-conservatives-kemi-badenoch-richard-tice-bridget-phillipson-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a00aed68f087a8ca712f2f4#block-6a00aed68f087a8ca712f2f4) late yesterday afternoon (although she also hinted she would be happy for it to be delivered by Andy