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Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

mayors. In the last set of local elections, in 2022, Labour won 21 of the councils. Now, polling by YouGov and JL Patners suggests they could be set to lose top position in a handful

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

Green Party, while nationalist parties are expected to win elections in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments. Farage said the results so far were “way exceeding” his expectations for Reform and represented a “historic change

Burnham: 'People in Britain can't afford a good life'

mayor role, he said: "I really believe that politics in this country is at a moment where we either change it or it really becomes quite, quite broken and people lose faith completely

Monday briefing: What’s next for no-drama Starmer as his ‘political challenges’ pile up?

mayor’s emphatic victory in [last Thursday’s Makerfield byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-byelection-paving-way-labour-leadership-challenge), where he leveraged his popularity and the prevailing anti-Starmer mood to secure more votes than Reform and Restore combined, cementing

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

first thing on Tuesday morning. The list of ministerial aides who quit on Monday included Joe Morris, Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, a potential leadership contender. Morris said the prime minister

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

elections saw Labour lose almost 1,500 councillors in England, largely to Reform UK and the Greens. In Wales, First Minister Eluned Morgan lost her seat, ending the party’s 27 years in power there

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

Greens in second on 18%, followed by Labour and the Conservatives neck-and-neck in third place on 17% - appearing to confirm the end of the traditional dominance of the big two parties

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

elections might change things, says Kiran. Historical losses are forecast in Scotland, Wales and London for Labour to the Greens, Reform and nationalist parties. --- **Waiting for the next scandal** Losing the cabinet would be fatal

Labour leadership jostling puts Brexit back under political spotlight

First on his list was Brexit. "It has left us less wealthy, less powerful, and less in control than at any point since before the Industrial Revolution," Streeting said. "The biggest economic opportunity we have

Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them

Mayor Andy Burnham, has said that if elected, he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street. First, Burnham must defeat his main rival in Makerfield, local

4 states head to the polls. And, global conflicts are on the rise, new report says

party. Watch or [listen to the interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIhRMHc0mkw) or [read the article](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5822562/graham-platner-maine-senate-controversy-texts-iran-war-hegseth). **Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman has secured enough votes to** [**compete against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass

Streeting says he is 'full of rebellious hope' as he delivers resignation speech

first time in our modern history, face worse prospects than the last." In his speech, the Ilford North MP listed his achievements as health secretary before summing up his vision using the quote from cancer

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

Green wave was going to displace Labour across the capital as some MPs had feared – although Zack Polanski’s party [won the Hackney mayoralty](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) and had high hopes for Lewisham, Camden

France has a record number of presidential hopefuls. Will any of them be able to hold back the far right?

Greens and several smaller groups – vowed to press on with a [leftwing primary race for a united candidate](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/06/clementine-autain-french-leftwing-mp-intent-resisting-far-right-france) in October, seeking to reproduce the New Popular Front, the leftwing alliance that grouped

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

mayor Andy Burnham is also seen as a potential leadership rival, although a speedy contest would hamper his chances because he would first need to become an MP to stand as a candidate. Monday

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

Greens in traditional heartlands. In Wales, the party lost power for the first time, plummeting to just nine Senedd seats behind Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, while also losing ground in the Scottish parliament. While

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

mayor requires a time-consuming and uncertain byelection to re-enter parliament. There has been speculation that Wes Streeting might be considering a move next week, although this has been vehemently denied by the health

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

elections across Britain last week, several MPs loyal to No 10 and groups linked to the prime minister’s rivals are increasingly floating new ideas in public to push for a change of direction. Haigh

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

Green Party. As pressure on the prime minister has mounted, however, Labour’s National Executive Committee has been increasingly unwilling to block Burnham from standing as an MP again. Announcing his resignation as Makerfield

Andy Burnham to make bid to return to Commons as pressure mounts on Starmer

mayor, said he would seek permission to run for Labour in Makerfield after Labour MP Josh Simons said he would resign to make way for him. It came after Streeting resigned calling for a broad