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prime minister, Keir Starmer, would not increase defence spending beyond an already agreed 2.6% of GDP by 2027 to 3% by 2030. Starmer’s offer of 2.68% would have left the UK less safe, Healey
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer [under pressure](/news/2026/5/18/britain-faces-weeks-of-leadership-limbo-in-slow-motion-coup-against-starmer) from within his own party to announce his resignation
prime minister. “Every decision I have taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party,” he said. A former top lawyer, Starmer
resignation speech on Saturday. Starmer’s decision to announce his own departure could kickstart a race among [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs to become the UK’s seventh prime minister
prime minister, who is considered to have a warm relationship with Donald Trump. Last week, [John Healey resigned as UK
prime minister's first priority. Yet Sir Keir Starmer is accused by two departing defence ministers of failing to provide the means to meet that vital aim. So who is right? Is the government
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership of the ruling Labour Party. Starmer is facing mounting pressure to step aside following dismal council election results last month and this week’s resignation
resigned to allow the mayor of [Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) Andy Burnham a clear run at returning to parliament – and the opportunity to become prime minister – residents have been inundated with party campaigners
UK safe](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d2q84y1gno) Healey warned the prime minister he'd have to quit if nothing changed, saying, "As it is, I can't stand behind this – and I would have to resign
prime minister has also promised the UK would, alongside France, lead a deployment of international peacekeepers to Ukraine, if there is a durable ceasefire. Both countries have also offered to lead a multinational force
UK, and argued that young people had been let down by a system stacked against them. Streeting [resigned last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign) and called on Keir Starmer to quit as prime minister
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the latest departure of an official or minister under Keir Starmer’s two-year tenure as prime minister. Here we take a look at some
prime minister, he has had to respond to a “humble address”, had his judgment picked over during an “emergency opposition day debate” and now faces the ignominy of a “privilege motion”. Close observers of UK
prime minister Mark Carney, who has been pushing the idea on the global stage, is said to be keen for the UK to join the project. Ministers have been mulling it for months
resigned but a leadership race cannot be triggered until someone, with the backing of 81 Labour MPs, formally challenges the prime minister. Under Labour Party rules, Burnham is unable to join a leadership contest unless
resignation of two highly respected ministers, only one of whom reportedly fancies a shot in Downing Street, further weakens the prime minister’s position ahead of Andy Burnham’s return to the Commons
UK tax affairs Former United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she has been cleared by tax authorities of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, paving the way for a potential leadership
prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, visited Downing Street for a bilateral meeting and lunch ahead of next week’s G7 summit. Japan is a partner of the UK, with Italy, on the development of the Gcap
UK PM Starmer set to meet rival Streeting amid pledge to carry on governing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, fighting for his political survival after dozens of his own MPs called for him to resign
resign to allow Burnham to stand there. Burnham, a former MP and government minister under ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is due to be sworn back into parliament on Monday. From