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leadership challenge if he wins next month’s Makerfield byelection, said the essay merited a “considered response” and he would set one out on Thursday. But he said Blair had failed to engage with
Starmer made his party an “acceptable default” at the 2024 election. Wes Streeting is a “huge political talent”. But overall, the intervention by the former prime minister almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance
leadership challenge, the figure was £3.4bn higher than forecast by City economists and the Office for Budget Responsibility. Rising borrowing costs on financial markets drove the UK’s debt interest payments
leadership challenge to the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer. - **Barbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has [announced a new reparations manifesto](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/18/barbados-prime-minister-manifesto-slavery-reparations) from Caribbean leaders**, asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” over
response, Sir Keir Starmer said the plan would deliver "an unprecedented increase in defence spending" in a "sustainable and fair" way, without relying on "irresponsible borrowing". The shock resignation of one of Sir Keir
leadership. "Not an immediate departure but a planned, orderly and open transition and an open and transparent contest." Several Welsh Labour MPs have told BBC Wales that they were not expecting a challenge
Starmer admitted on Friday morning the results were looking bad for his party. “The results are tough, they are very tough, and there’s no sugarcoating it,” he said. “We have lost brilliant Labour representatives
responses to a public consultation have been analysed with the help of an AI system called Consult and an expert panel led by an eminent paediatrician. The consultation closes on Tuesday. Age limits or changes
Starmer's speech. Was it enough to avert a challenge to the prime minister's leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory? In the first instance, the person whose
Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential [Labour leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner position themselves for a contest. 2. ***Iran conflict
responsibility”. He said the arguments he was making in public today were the ones he was making privately in government, “in a number of cabinet committees and meetings”, and that he “pushed as hard
Starmer’s leadership for the party’s perilous position in the polls. “I think leadership is more than one person,” Kyle said. “If you’re running a country, leadership is a government-wide affair
Starmer as prime minister, but neither have confirmed whether they would trigger such a contest. Streeting told the BBC he had the backing of the 81 Labour MPs he would need in order to launch
responses was second only to one seeking input about same-sex marriage in 2012. The vast majority of respondents — more than 90% — wanted an under-16 ban, the government said. Esther Ghey, whose 16-year
Responsibility’s forecasts. “I am very worried about the economy. Confidence is being lost,” Mandelson texts, which McFadden says there is a “pattern we must get out of”. The pair also had long exchanges
responses before it can go ahead. Without a deal, the company could be placed in a “special administration regime” under which a government-appointed administrator takes charge – a process regarded as a form of temporary
leadership, the TUC’s general secretary, Paul Nowak, said it was clear there was an “overwhelming sense of frustration” with Starmer in a [statement issued by Labour-affiliated trade unions](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/labour-unions-keir-starmer-leader-election) last week
challenge for Streeting. While he is thought to be the candidate most ready for a leadership contest, he is on the right of the party, formerly close to Peter Mandelson and of the Blairite Progress
response — or reflects an engrained dissatisfaction with political institutions — is a question now confronting leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, as affordability concerns continue to spiral. In the U.K., the analysis from Public First
challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership if he wins a by-election later this month, [told the Observer](https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/andy-burnham-slams-tony-blair-for-ignoring-inequality-in-his-defence-of-radical-centre) Sir Tony "doesn't mention inequality once" in his critique of where