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Keir Starmer faces another day of questions over his future as Wes Streeting prepare to launch a challenge for the leadership. Photograph: James Manning/PA Streeting has been organising an attempt to oust Starmer for days
Labour MP Catherine West has said if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest herself. In an exclusive interview with
Labour government and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, whose leadership has come under pressure in recent months. There has been speculation of a challenge to his leadership should the results prove to be disastrous
result in a prime minister that is “significantly to the left of Keir Starmer, me or Wes Streeting”. He told Nick Ferrari on LBC: “I don’t think the response to Reform sweeping areas like
Keir Starmer’s embattled government](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk) since it rose to power in a landslide victory in 2024. Voters in England, Scotland and Wales are casting their ballots in local elections where far-right and left
result in the government taking a tougher stance on Israel. Campaigners have pointed to the threat posed to Labour by [the Green surge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/surge-support-greens-reform-across-england-five-key-takeaways) in the local elections, the likely departure of Keir
Keir Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure. Voters across England, Wales and Scotland are expected to deliver Labour their
Keir Starmer and the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) government have faced since the 2024 general election. As millions of people across Great Britain go to the polls on Thursday, party leaders are poised
Labour is braced for dismal results [in Thursday’s elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-labour-test-greens-reform-lib-dems-tories-england-scotland-wales-polls), which could result in [Starmer facing a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/labour-leadership-challenge-bond-markets-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-keir-starmer). The report from UCL’s Policy Lab, using research from
Keir Starmer's leadership. Badenoch said: "The Makerfield by-election was about one man's job. "The Aberdeen South by-election was about thousands of jobs all over the country but especially
Keir Starmer pitched himself as a leader for “stability and moderation” who would rebuild Britain, after [Labour’s landslide victory](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/05/time-for-us-to-deliver-says-starmer-as-labour-heads-for-landslide) in the 2024 general election. But after two years which have seen
results” scheme in the Channel. Labour, which is predicted to lose councils to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the local elections, has come under increasing pressure from political opponents to curb irregular migration
election results, despite his friends insisting he did not want to make the first move. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, is the favoured replacement for Starmer by many on the soft left, but does
Keir Starmer is weighing up his political future as pressure grows on him to announce his resignation. It comes as cabinet ally Peter Kyle said the prime minister was considering "political realities" after Andy Burnham
Starmer. “There’s a complacency on the backbenches,” one cabinet minister said, “particularly among new MPs, that any Labour leader could’ve won the [last] election, so they don’t give Keir credit
election in northern England, paving the way for him to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party and the United Kingdom. Burnham handily defeated his closest challenger, Robert Kenyon
Keir Starmer to become prime minister. Burnham is that rare breed in British politics. He has been a member of parliament before, and few people who knew him then could have foreseen his transformation
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
Keir Starmer gives a speech in London in a bid to secure his premiership following devastating election losses for his Labour Party [Carl Court/Getty Images] ## Who could Starmer’s main challengers be? To trigger
election results will give the Prime Minister his metaphorical P45. Not a huge amount has changed [since I wrote about the level of doom last month](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gd7kxdk37o). Unless you've been living