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Starmer prepares for King's Speech as he faces leadership crisis

Starmer fights for his future in Downing Street. Labour's ongoing divisions mean the day of pomp and ceremony for the State Opening of Parliament will take place in unusual circumstances. The King's Speech

'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU

plans are going down in the EU "A UK prime minister, using the idea of getting closer to the European Union as a key way to get the British public on his side? That

Lib Dems can deliver actual savings, Makerfield candidate says

election has said the party can "deliver actual savings" to help people out of the cost-of-living crisis. Jake Austin told BBC Radio Manchester it was "the key issue that everybody is talking about

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

election. What had changed? In one sense, nothing more than events. Streeting’s ambition has long been a subject for open discussion and frequent jokes within Labour, including self-deprecating ones from the man himself

Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

election, in contrast with 2019, when the words “stop Brexit” appeared in bold on the front of their manifesto. Keir Starmer confirmed on Tuesday that the second EU reset summit would take place

‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader

elections across England, Scotland and Wales, one of Starmer’s lesser-known MPs did her best to light the spark on a contest. If this was one of the more unpredictable weeks in recent

Digested week: Starmer is trying to carve out his legacy – but it’s not his to write | John Crace

election and will be running the country for another decade or so. But Andy Burnham appears to be on course to win next week’s Makerfield byelection and he hasn’t given up being mayor

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Starmer was hoping to save his job with a speech that sets out his vision for turning the country around on Monday, after a disastrous set of local election results in which the party lost

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Starmer is to promise bolder action to tackle "big challenges" facing the country, as he battles to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader. The prime minister will seek to reset

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

planned to email her colleagues for the necessary support on Monday morning if no one else put themselves forward. More than 30 Labour MPs have said Starmer should resign or set out timetables

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

plan after election mauling Keir Starmer is under 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

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

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

election results, with some backbenchers adding their voices to calls for the prime minister to go. But matters began moving at speed, with West, a north London MP who was sacked by Starmer

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

Starmer, who [insisted on Monday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-speech) that he wanted to oversee radical change over the next few years, will announce a bill to move closer to the EU, one to strengthen the immigration

Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

elections tour, far outpacing both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with his campaign visits.  Farage arriving for campaign event in College Green, Westminster, on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty

‘King of the North’: Who is Andy Burnham, a potential UK prime minister?

Starmer, Labour’s ruling Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) prevented Burnham from standing in the Manchester Gorton and Denton by-election, which was eventually won by the Green Party. Burnham, whose speech is peppered

Who is James Murray, the new health secretary replacing Wes Streeting?

Starmer loyalist. [Like Streeting before him](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57983355), Murray has also been treated by the NHS as a patient. During his maiden speech in March 2020, the minister said the NHS came

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

Starmer’s political authority has been perhaps fatally undermined over the last two weeks after Labour’s devastating election results, with Streeting’s departure from the cabinet and Burnham’s selection to fight the Makerfield

John Healey says Labour infighting puts government’s credibility at risk

elections in what appeared to be direct criticism of Andy Burnham, [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) and even the junior defence minister Al Carns. Arguing that “these are serious times”, Healey – who was also

‘It’s more incrementalism’: Starmer’s safe king’s speech fails to quell mutiny

speech came against the backdrop of a [major policy debate](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/tax-cuts-and-cost-of-living-help-proposed-by-labour-linked-groups-allied-to-streeting-and-burnham) within the Labour party, prompted by the manoeuvrings of [various potential leadership candidates](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/who-are-main-threats-keir-starmer-labour-leadership). In competing publications on Wednesday