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challenge Keir Starmer. “I’m not doing deals or anything like that,” she said. Good morning. Today it looks as though the phoney Labour leadership
Keir Starmer in the Commons on Wednesday. Photograph: House of Commons/AFP/Getty Images A leadership challenge
leadership bid in the coming days, as [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) faced the prospect of a definite challenge
Keir Starmer made a big and fundamental correct judgment.” Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the Labour MP Sarah Champion said a leadership challenge
Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live From Good morning. The news this morning is full of speculation about whether
challenge Sir Keir Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership
challenge Keir Starmer. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian **Andy Burnham’s (third) bid for the Labour leadership
leadership challenge against the prime minister. The north London MP has said she would prefer to see a Cabinet member put themselves forward to replace Sir Keir Starmer
leadership speculation, as Downing Street begins a fightback against predictions of an imminent challenge to [Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer to quit as prime minister. It had been expected he would launch a formal leadership challenge
leadership contest should he beat Reform in the byelection next week, and return to Westminster, but has not ruled out challenging Starmer himself if it should come to it. So the prime minister’s team
challenge has been launched. But how could MPs who want to see Sir Keir replaced force a leadership contest and how would the winner be chosen? Labour performed badly in the biggest set of elections
Keir Starmer to stand down, fuelling intense speculation the former health secretary was planning a bid to replace him as party leader. Streeting did not mount an immediate challenge following his resignation, but has since
Keir Starmer has got my loyalty,** full loyalty, until the day he no longer wishes to serve.” His remarks came after the Greater Manchester mayor **announced he would challenge the prime minister should there
Keir Starmer delivered a [“put up or shut up” message to his critics](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-leadership-cabinet-meeting-yvette-cooper-shabana-mahmood-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a02eb2b8f081516e2507e9a#block-6a02eb2b8f081516e2507e9a). Wes Streeting, his leading opponent, decided to do neither – declining to launch a leadership bid, but going public with
Keir Starmer had been “behind the curve” on this issue.** While he was not overly criticial of the PM on this issue, suggesting that governments around the world have been slow to confront social media
leadership speculation. While allies of Starmer [have suggested he is](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/andy-burnham-faces-perilous-race-to-win-makerfield-byelection-allies-say) potentially willing to step aside if Andy Burnham wins next month’s Makerfield byelection and no other challenger emerges, Lammy insisted this
Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) failed to materialise despite several of the prime
challenging Prime Minister Keir Starmer for his position.Starmer and his Labour Party [suffered significant losses in local and regional elections](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817491/uk-elections-keir-starmer-resign-reform-green) last week, highlighting the increasing unpopularity of Starmer's leadership
Keir Starmer is facing a perilous 24 hours as allies of [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) said he was prepared to bid for the leadership if the prime minister’s premiership falls apart this week