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‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

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

Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say

Keir Starmer, whom Burnham has pledged to challenge if elected, but also the viability of the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party as a whole. The prime minister spent the weekend at Chequers considering his political

Starmer to face Commons grilling at PMQs as Streeting plans resignation speech – UK politics live

issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries. > > Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences. > > We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North

The anti-Semitism smear that ruined Corbyn’s Labour now targets the Greens

Keir Starmer, it managed to secure just four seats in parliament. But the party’s fortunes began to change rapidly in the Starmer era. With the Conservatives and the Labour government now reduced

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Starmer has accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately and repeatedly withholding the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. Giving a statement to MPs, the prime minister

Frustration, apathy and hope: Birmingham divided as extraordinary election looms

leadership is shaky to say the least. Add in the political uncertainty nationally and what will happen in the local election is anyone's guess. Polls suggest Birmingham's electorate has fully embraced five-party

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the May elections and the scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

Keir** **S****tarmer** Despite feverish leadership speculation, and Starmer’s rock-bottom public approval ratings, the most likely scenario remains that he stumbles on. The quiet, loyal majority of the parliamentary [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)

Thousands attend rally against antisemitism outside Downing Street

Keir?’ placards. The rally was organised in response to a marked increase in antisemitic hate crimes and violence, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green on 29 April. Suspected terrorist Essa Suleiman

Does UK’s new far-right party, Restore, pose a threat to Farage’s Reform?

leadership of the party against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has been badly damaged by disastrous local election results last month. Burnham was last an MP for the constituency of Leigh until May 2017. Since

‘An hour of abuse thrown at me’: Jeremy Corbyn on being the target of a Labour coup

Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street on 13 May with his wife, Victoria, whom he has described as ‘his rock’. Photograph: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock It was on the evening of Saturday 25 June in 2016, a couple

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

party over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: US Department of Justice/AFP/Getty Images Peter Mandelson was appointed the UK’s ambassador to Washington in February 2025. He was sacked in September 2025 [after documents released

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

leadership and fall in behind Burnham, should he win the byelection, in order to secure a big job. “That’s not what motivates and drives me at all. I do think it’s inevitable that

'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

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

Starmer, an incumbent premier with a bigger parliamentary majority than his transformative predecessor Clement Attlee won in 1945. What is driving this narrative? Why is the UK churning through its leaders almost as quickly

Thursday briefing: ​Why the US president is losing support from crucial allies

Keir Starmer was looking increasingly isolated over the Peter Mandelson scandal as the Guardian learned of [concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins