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Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

leadership contest. “Welsh Labour has suffered a catastrophic result. Today we see the end of over a century of Labour winning in Wales. The party will need to take a look at itself, understand

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Keir Starmer got under way](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21e79qqlgo). But there are plenty of choices that still face him - decisions that affect us all, and one vital one that he alone must make. If everything goes

Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech

Keir Starmer has said he will prove his doubters wrong as he warned Labour was facing “very dangerous opponents” in a make-or-break speech, with leadership rivals on the brink of a challenge

Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

Starmer has defied calls from some Labour MPs to step down after poor election results last month. No formal challenge has been launched against him. Sir Keir also said he would not "walk away" from

Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'

Keir Starmer to set a timetable to quit his job following Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections last week and growing backbench discontentment with his leadership. On Thursday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

challenge to the prime minister. But a defensive [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) said on Monday he had no intention of stepping aside should Burnham win the byelection and that he wanted to fight

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

challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’ Labour MPs would be wrong to remove Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel

Mandelson criticised Starmer’s lack of ‘verve’ and tendency to buckle under pressure

leadership.” In another exchange two days later, Mandelson said Brown was trying to undermine Starmer – but suggested he knew key figures on the soft left such as Rayner and Ed Miliband were not serious challengers

Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?

Keir Starmer wearing a dark suit outside No 10](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8d7657f779522e9acd6a432dbe2d939c7eb90453/0_0_2238_1492/master/2238.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer leaves No 10 to head to Westminster for the king’s speech. It was around this time that briefings from Streeting

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

leadership contest and praised Sir Keir's stance on the Iran war. But her comments had this sting in the tail. "The message has been clear from the public," she told the BBC, "Unless

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

Keir Starmer’s cabinet](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign), it set off a bombshell ; outwardly, things did not look hopeful. Streeting had not launched a leadership bid, and Burnham still ostensibly had no seat in Westminster from

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with his rivals briefing that he has struggled to get the numbers of backers he requires. Then the interviews the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

Keir Starmer’s premiership. After a fortnight that left [Starmer fighting for his political future](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/starmer-buys-some-time-mandelson-election) over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, the number of MPs backing Burnham is understood

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

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

Keir Starmer to stand down, warned in his resignation [speech on Wednesday that Labour must change course or risk handing Reform UK power](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/wes-streeting-first-speech-resignation-labour-must-be-bolder-or-lose). He said that while he had the support

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

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 the eminent pollster Stan Greenberg, suggested voters felt that Starmer had a “discomfort” with progressive values. Key fights that

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

leadership wants. The Greater Manchester mayor has been a critic of the whipping system [for many years](https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/andy-burnham-whipping-system-mps-b979082.html) – leading to claims from Westminster insiders that it is naive to think parliamentary politics

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying it would have been “dishonourable” to remain in post and that there should now be a contest for the Labour leadership. But Streeting

British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Keir Starmer on Monday promised legislation to nationalise the plant. “Strong nations in a world like this need to make steel,” Starmer said on Monday in a speech. The prime minister was hoping decisive action

Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) after the May elections. MPs who fear Starmer cannot lead the party into the next general election because of his unpopularity are understood to have been discussing whether