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Chris Mason: Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness

challenge since its advent in the 1920s." He added: "The basic assumptions of British politics - there isn't enough space for a party to the right of the Tories or the left of Labour - have

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) was calling ministers and MPs into his office in parliament to plead with them not to allow a competition to be triggered. He told MPs that

Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens

Starmer over funding for the military. Al Carns resigned on Thursday evening, writing to Sir Keir to tell him the government's defence investment plan (DIP) was "neither transformative enough nor sufficiently funded". It came

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

concerns over potential leaks. Robbins, who was the most senior official at the Foreign Office before he was sacked last week, did not tell his boss, the then cabinet secretary, Chris Wormald, about the vetting

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

Keir Starmer’s leadership. Barring a drastic change in fortunes, Labour’s vote-share could fall to historic lows across elections for councils in England and devolved parliaments in Wales and [Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland)

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying it would have been “dishonourable” to remain in post and that there should now be a contest for the Labour leadership. But Streeting

Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

challenging Keir Starmer or persuading him to step down. But [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs who have canvassed in the constituency say it will be a very difficult fight in a seat where Reform

From tourist tax to digital ID: BBC correspondents on the key bills

leadership, Sir Keir Starmer has said he will "get on with governing" and the speech outlines his agenda for the next parliamentary session. Here, BBC correspondents analyse some of the potential new bills Sir Keir

Poll: Voter cynicism remains a potent threat to incumbents across the globe

Keir Starmer faces the prospect of being ousted later this year if a key rival in Manchester can pull off a win in a [special parliamentary vote next week](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/political-nerd-guide-britain-by-elections-00952829?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=941e23df-1456-4f70-94bd-d17f14d18a4c). President Donald Trump

Why UK’s Makerfield by-election matters far beyond one parliamentary seat

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 of Secretary of State

No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

concerned. There’s a couple of messages when he was standing for the … chancellor of Oxford position, but that was. Mandelson came second from last in [the election to be chancellor of Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org

European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes

concerns about what it would mean if the United States took a definitive step back from NATO, as Trump has suggested, just as Russia poses the biggest threat to Europe since

Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrong

Keir Starmer will call for a [whole-of-society response](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/04/starmer-call-society-response-rising-antisemitism) to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through