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SCOTUS upholds abortion pill telehealth access. And, Trump returns from China visit

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. His tenure has been troubled

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

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly [bad for Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-reform-uk-england-local-elections-2026-scotland-wales), with [Reform making sweeping gains

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

Keir Starmer [fighting to ward off a leadership challenge](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), the leading backbenchers from the soft-left [Tribune](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/labour-mps-revive-tribune-to-take-on-reform) group published a series of essays calling for bolder action to salvage

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) will not survive as Labour leader for long enough to fight the next election. What they cannot agree on, however – even after a disastrous set of results in this week

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Keir Starmer. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images However, the prime minister’s fragile authority has been further weakened by the resignation of four ministers – three of them close allies of Streeting – in what appeared

UK borrowing costs fall and pound rises as Starmer says he will remain as PM

Keir Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-local-election-losses-labour) despite the Labour party losing hundreds of council seats across England. Investors calculated that some of the intense pressure on Starmer’s leadership

UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998 amid Starmer uncertainty

Keir Starmer to quit](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit). [Starmer is consulting colleagues](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) before a crunch cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning that comes after ministerial aides quit and more than 70 MPs publicly called

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

Starmer's job, Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The Secretary State for Housing, Steve Reed, completes the quartet of powerful London MPs in the Cabinet. A significant percentage of the party's activists, and the members

SCOTUS weighs Temporary Protected Status cases. And, jury indicts James Comey again

replace Powell, Kevin Warsh. This could set the stage for a confirmation vote by the full Senate in time for [Warsh to take over upon Powell's departure](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5802911/federal-reserve-meeting-jerome-powell-kevin-warsh). Warsh has argued that

IMF urges UK to ‘stay the course’ on borrowing amid Starmer uncertainty

Keir Starmer battles to cling on to power, the Washington-based fund said it was important to continue reducing the budget deficit “given market pressures and elevated implementation risks”. In its annual health check

‘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

Polanski says two-party politics 'dead' after election gains for Greens

replace Labour was being backed up by results at the ballot box. They took control of Norwich, Hastings and the London borough of Waltham Forest, as well as winning the mayoral contests in Hackney

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

Keir is on the international stage focusing on ensuring that Trump doesn't wipe out the hard-fought progress the government has made on the cost of living crisis," they told

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

Starmer is set to face a packed Commons later where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson's vetting. Sir Keir repeatedly told MPs that "full due process" was followed when Lord Mandelson was appointed

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is facing increasing pressure to set a date for his departure after elections across much of the country resulted in massive losses for his ruling Labour party. With

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

Keir Starmer under under [concerted pressure](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/more-than-60-labour-mps-call-on-starmer-to-set-timetable-to-quit) to stand down, the groups are two of a number of Labour-linked organisations that have proposed radical measures as they try to influence the thinking

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Keir Starmer, the prime minister, had caved in to “the bully in the White House”. She said: “This change to Nice rules is clearly coming at the behest of Trump, not because the government thinks

Key Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses

Keir Starmer and [Rachel Reeves](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rachel-reeves) held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech executives, the Guardian can reveal. The No 10 business aide Varun Chandra discussed regulatory changes, AI and Donald Trump

Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader

Keir Starmer to resign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o). He said: "I said what I said back in February, I am not recoiling from that." With renewed calls in Labour for Starmer to go, Sarwar said

UK borrowing costs rise as Starmer speech fails to dispel investor ‘jitters’

Keir Starmer’s crucial speech failed to dispel investor “jitters” in the bond markets over political instability combined with fears of rising inflation. The yield, effectively the interest rate, on the benchmark 10-year