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Online safety campaigners reveal Starmer frustrations after Phillips exit

Keir Starmer’s lack of leadership on blocking child abuse images on children’s phones, speaking out after [Jess Phillips](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/jess-phillips) resigned from the government saying she was tired of seeing “opportunities

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership Sir Keir Stamer has insisted the "vast majority" of Labour MPs support him and want him to continue doing his job as prime minister

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

Starmer [in volume one](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a1d73d265bc5f798327f5b1/HA_Volume_II_part_I.pdf) brings up an email from **Peter Mandelson** to Lord Vallance, the science minister, written in July 2024 says: > double quotation markLabour has, let’s say, two terms

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

leadership. "Not an immediate departure but a planned, orderly and open transition and an open and transparent contest." Several Welsh Labour MPs have told BBC Wales that they were not expecting a challenge

Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns

Keir Starmer prioritises short-term announcements over what the evidence and experts say is needed, children and parents will be left to count the cost and child protection will take a step back.” The Times

Thames Water investors say temporary nationalisation would slow its recovery

Keir Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be fading, the Greater Manchester mayor suggested at the weekend that the renationalisation of water and energy would form part of his policy agenda should he become

‘King of the North’: Who is Andy Burnham, a potential UK prime minister?

Keir Starmer, are reportedly being asked to stand aside should the 56-year-old mayor win a by-election. However, just how far outside the establishment is Burnham, what is his background, and what might

More than 60 Labour MPs call on Starmer to set timetable to quit

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to set a timetable to depart as prime minister, including backers of his leadership rivals Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. MPs from across the party’s ranks said the prime

Starmer condemns Zack Polanski for sharing post criticising police at Golders Green stabbings

Keir Starmer has condemned [Zack Polanski](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/zack-polanski) as “disgraceful” and unfit to head a political party after the Greens leader shared a social media post critical of the way police tackled the suspect

Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel “bitterly let down”, the education secretary, [Bridget Phillipson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/bridget-phillipson), has said. Phillipson said [Labour

Burnham starts byelection campaign with thinly veiled pitch for No 10

Keir Starmer, saying: “No, it’s not, because this is a byelection, and that’s what this contest is about, and those issues are issues for another time, and they are issues for members

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

Keir Starmer should be pushed out afterwards. One minute, one minister says: "It's terminal," and another says "I just can't see a way through." The next minute, another says: "I'm firmly

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Keir’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson to Washington even though everybody knew it was high risk. This week could go either way,” one said. Starmer said on Sunday he would make it “crystal clear

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

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

Keir Starmer about rejoining when there’s an election in 2029 and at the moment it looks likely that, or at least highly possible that, it will be won by parties who are fervently opposed

Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists’ probe, documents reveal

Keir Starmer’s most senior advisers were briefed about an “indefensible” investigation into journalists writing critical pieces about the Labour Together thinktank, according to a newly released document. Among the aides who received updates

Down and then out in Paris and London? Why Starmer isn’t the only one with a popularity problem

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron look off camera](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d24c4622f1398b4beab2622f99becebbfcf209f7/0_0_3412_1919/master/3412.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer may be facing the final days of his premiership after less than two years, while Macron is about to leave the Élysée Palace

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

Keir Starmer (center) and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey (right) meet with BAE system apprentices as they look at a submarine model during a joint visit on March 20 in Barrow-in-Furness, United

Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks

Keir Starmer, on Tuesday said he would act “very, very quickly” despite splits between campaigners and child safety experts on what the new rules should be. New limits on social media access for children could

'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU

Keir Starmer. Following the massive slap in the face [he got from voters last week in local elections](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz62dwe30wdo), he launched a bid this morning to save his political life. In what