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

Starmer delivers tangible change ... he cannot lead us in to another election (locally or nationally)". Both these MPs are leading figures in the "soft left" Tribune group of MPs - and some of its members want

At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

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 a revolt among Labour

Keir Starmer says he wants to offer Burnham ‘big role’ in government to avoid leadership contest – UK politics live

Keir Starmer** is still in France for the G7 summit but – as Margaret Thatcher discovered on a trip to Paris in November 1990 – acting as a statesman on the world stage does not protect

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

Keir Starmer’s resignation – results overnight mean it may yet do so in the coming days. Five years ago, Labour crashed to [a humiliating defeat](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/07/hartlepool-byelection-result-labour-starmer-conservatives) in a byelection for the city

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

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

Keir Starmer’s successor apparent. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters She began by saying that if no one in the cabinet was willing to seek the 81 nominations needed to kickstart a leadership race, she would. This

Streeting warns against 'expensive' Labour leadership pledges

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

Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains

Keir Starmer to go. “It has been a terrible night for the Labour party,” he said. “What I’ve seen here is extraordinarily good, hard-working Hartlepool people lose their seats. I’ve seen canvassers

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

Keir Starmer has told his cabinet he will not resign as prime minister, saying the threshold for a leadership challenge has not been met. In comments that effectively dared the health secretary, Wes Streeting

Burnham allies confident of No 10 ‘coronation’ after surge in backers

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) in the coming weeks. It was reported on Friday that, after his triumph in the Makerfield byelection, where he comfortably saw off the threat of Reform UK, Burnham’s team

Starmer must go before next election, say Labour-backing unions

Starmer will not lead the party into the next election. The group, which includes Unite, Unison and GMB, added "at some stage" a plan will have to be put in place for the election

UK ex-health minister says will run to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer when the contest is triggered. Starmer’s government has been on the edge, with the United Kingdom leader facing calls for resignation since his ruling Labour party suffered disastrous local elections. Though Starmer

Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”. Streeting arrived in No 10 on Wednesday morning

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Starmer but that she would consider doing so herself if they did not act. Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, West said she would listen to Sir Keir's planned relaunch speech on Monday

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

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly [bad for Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-reform-uk-england-local-elections-2026-scotland-wales), with [Reform making sweeping gains

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

Keir effectively gave up and said: ‘OK, we’ll let Andy in so I can step down,’” one said. The chances of that happening, according to those close to Starmer, is close to zero

What next for Starmer? Five scenarios in Labour leadership crisis

Starmer's grip on power but there is still no clear resolution to the leadership crisis affecting Labour. Andy Burnham is seeking to stand in a by-election triggered by the resignation of a Labour

Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain

Keir Starmer. in Wigan, England, Friday, June 19, 2026. **Jon Super/AP** Jon Super/AP Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary in May, saying that "where we need vision, we have a vacuum." Streeting has said

Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over whether Sir Keir should

Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday

departure as prime minister on Monday Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for [Andy Burnham