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Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday

Labour leadership to Wales has to come to an end.” Ap Iorwerth suggested he did not believe Keir Starmer would remain in Downing Street for long, saying: “I will guide the next UK prime minster

Labour’s Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over UK tax affairs

Labour’s left wing, calling on the party to do more to boost the minimum wage and raise taxes on the rich. But [other potential candidates](/news/2026/5/11/who-could-challenge-keir-starmer-for-the-uk-pms-job-meet-the-candidates) may enter any race for the leadership. Greater

UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

Andy Burnham and former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner – are not yet in positions to mount leadership bids, analysts say, and other potential rivals seem unwilling to move against him for now. On Thursday, Energy

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Andy Burnham has the support of many MPs but any leadership contender must be a member of Parliament. Earlier this year he was blocked from standing as a candidate in the Gorton and Denton

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside Andy Burnham’s hopes of returning to Westminster were dealt a blow on Tuesday as the Merseyside MP whose seat

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

leadership has looked fragile for some time, and Labour is braced for a difficult set of elections in May. But that alone may not be enough to trigger a move against him. The three most

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

leadership,” Powell said.  Lucy Powell said: ‘We don’t do hospital takeovers in the Labour party

Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?

leadership contest by winning the publicsupport of 81 Labour MPs, each would face major hurdles to win the keys to No 10. The prime minister has indicated he would stand against any opponent – Burnham, Streeting

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

Andy Burnham, has suggested financial markets would “have to fall into line” should the Greater Manchester mayor find a route to Downing Street. Meanwhile, the leftwing grandee Diane Abbott [suggested that](https://x.com/SaulStaniforth/status/2054428241444663687)

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

Andy Burnham can get back to Westminster and challenge for the leadership. What we have seen during the course of the day is a concerted attempt to put pressure on the PM from some

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the [Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) mayor expected to use a byelection fight

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham has strong support from Labour MPs and polls suggest he is the most popular Labour politician with voters. He can also point to a long track record of governing, having served as Greater

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

Andy Burnham this weekend. He isn't even an MP, and after Labour took a pasting across his backyard in the North West, perhaps it looks harder for him this weekend too. I also

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

Andy Burnham done a deal with to get back to Westminster, and would MPs support him if he did? Why has [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) gone so quiet? To the frustration of many

Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories

Andy Burnham, giving him time to return to Westminster. Reed said the majority of MPs and local leaders did not want to unleash the chaos of a leadership challenge. “I speak

Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

Labour MPs](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit), including three junior frontbenchers, had called for Starmer to quit. But they were, by the time of publication, an army without a general. As the working day drew

Keir Starmer to face crucial cabinet meeting as ministers and MPs urge him to resign – UK politics live

Andy Burnham supporters stressing the need for a timetable for an orderly transition (ie – a slow process, allowing Burnham to win a byelection before a leadership contest). But in the afternoon government loyalists, and some

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

Andy Burnham, the popular mayor of Greater Manchester who was [blocked by Starmer allies from returning to parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/25/andy-burnham-blocked-from-byelection-race-by-labour-ruling-committee), was keeping his counsel and is declining requests to appear on media. He also

At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

leadership crisis Sir Keir Starmer is holding a crucial cabinet meeting as he fights to stay on as prime minister, less than two years after leading Labour to a landslide election win. It comes amid

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

Labour’s heavy local election losses, [a Compass survey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/labour-members-keir-starmer-party-fortunes-poll) of more than 1,000 members found that if they were given a free choice, 42% would pick Andy Burnham to succeed Starmer